Well it is days away from christmas and school holidays have begun though it feels like holidays are a far off idea for the hopeful. The end of year has been busy and trying to do uni readings and assignments has been a struggle.
EER500 (educational research) has been tough as i find that doing research is not what interests me or excites me. Trying to sit and critically look at someone's research question and improve it was a struggle as i felt i do not have the level of expertise or knowledge about their chosen subject to feel confident in my opinions or suggestions.
ETL503 has also been a struggle as the assignment was far from clear and often left me questioning if what i was dong was correct. It was also made harder at not having access to all of the OPAC's that NSW department teachers have making me feel some what disadvantaged. The OPAC's i also found were very limited in what they had but this may have been related to my topic.
I have been trying to catch up on readings from ETL 503 and found the idea of censorship interesting as it raised alot of questions as to how you can successfully avoid it. From the school internet filter to my own invisible beliefs to choosing materials without worrying about what influential parties such as parents and other school community members think. These ideas i find challenging and am still unsure of how we avoid censorship. Isn't there always some form of censorship imposed whether it is stated or not??
The initial readings about budgeting have made me realise that budgeting is beyond just the books or electronic sources it is about upkeep of the library, maintaining programs for students and teachers such as readers workshops etc and even about looking at curriculum areas across the school as to what is needed. This is a huge task and i am not envious of librarians when all of that is to be considered. It would be challenging to be able to do a 'good' budget whilst completing all of the other tasks that a librarian is to do. More reading to be done some maybe as i continue the task will not seem so overwhelming and time consuming.
