Dais Learning Centre

The Learning Centre is a welcoming and dynamic hub that fosters information and media literacy, critical thinking, collaboration, and reading appreciation.

 

In support of the DAIS mission, values, and objectives, the Learning Centre innovative program is an integral component of the school’s instructional program and equips students with skills that empower them to succeed in their academic and adult life.

 

 

The Learning Centre’s physical and digital hubs, provide 24/7 access to a comprehensive variety of high-quality diverse learning resources and tools that support the school's curriculums and programs and meet individual students' needs and interests.

 

The collection includes over 40,000 print books and a wide digital collection of books, periodicals, scholar/academic databases subscriptions, and over 1,600 multimedia resources. Continuous curation of digital content and collection development provides multiple opportunities for research interaction appropriate to all content areas.

 

Research skills such as find, evaluate, select appropriate and reliable information, acknowledging sources, respect copyright/ intellectual property rights, etc., are essential, and in order to guide students learning, and through collaborative teaching, a qualified team of librarians and media specialists offer differentiated guidance, and instruction, leading inquiry-based learning opportunities that enhance the learning of information, media, technology, and technical literacies.

 

Reading incentive programs are also included in the LC program and the team offers a variety of engaging and gamified activities, such as Battle of the Books, Cool Badges for Cool Readers, book clubs, authors visit/talk, read aloud, and other activities that can help develop reading skills and spark the habit and the appreciation for reading.

 

Academic integrity, information and media literacy,
and digital citizenship

 

Physical/digital and intellectual access to learning resources is guided by principles of intellectual freedom, legal standards, and research skills. Access to information and learning resources requires that they are matched to individual needs,reading level, and interests; that students can find, evaluate, interpret, and use information critically and responsibly.

 

Understanding the concepts and values behind Academic Integrity is essential, and to ensure that students will know how to display integrity and responsibility in academic work, creating and expressing own ideas, and acknowledging the intellectual contributions of others, the library and media specialists, working as teachers’ partners, are always ready to guide them, and to provide information, media, digital, and technical literacy lessons.

 

LEARNING CENTRE SUPPORT: EARLY YEARS

 

Students have 45-minute weekly sessions in the Learning Centre for reading appreciation or for purpose, and they participate in story time, and other fun reading activities.

 

 

LEARNING CENTRE SUPPORT: PRIMARY SCHOOL

 

The Primary School students have weekly sessions in the Learning Centre, in which they have the opportunity to explore and read different genres, listen to stories, reflect on the reading, and participate in fun reading activities. Students also learn to locate and select the books they want to read for purpose reading and/or for reading for pleasure. Whenever necessary, the librarians collaborate with the teachers to develop some research skills.

 

LEARNING CENTRE SUPPORT: MIDDLE SCHOOL

 

The Middle School follows an information literacy program and students have weekly sessions to develop research skills and other related literacies. Students also have sessions for purposed reading and reading appreciation.

 

Students are always welcome to use the Learning Centre as a study, social, or as a reading for pleasure environment, and they are constantly challenged to participate in reading incentive programs or games, story time, and other reading activities.

 

LEARNING CENTRE SUPPORT: HIGH SCHOOL

 

The Learning Centre team works as teachers' partners in a flexible schedule, to support the learning of information and media literacy, research skills, and Academic Honesty. Whenever requested, the school librarians support the students by providing classroom lessons, or personalized individual guidance, and instruction, ensuring that students develop crucial skills to their success as students and as lifelong learners.

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