Last year I managed to embed myself more into the delivery of the EPQ with two Library-based sessions. In the first I focused on how to approach research by identifying areas of investigation, effectively combining keywords in search engines and critically judging the quality of source using the CRAAP test. The second session looked at how the literature review fits within the EPQ and Harvard referencing.
Having to adapt my session to online-only delivery this week it occurred to me how I was already partially following the FOSIL cycle. I have just spent a happy couple of days developing my first session to be more in-line with CONNECT, WONDER AND INVESTIGATE and finding materials from the resources collection here to adapt, namely the Focussing Your Topic sheets and the CRAAP test rubric.
Thinking ahead to the second session I have picked out the investigation journal and the sheet on drawing conclusions from multiple perspectives which are far better designed than anything I had before!
Thank you for these resources! I feel that I am now following something much more structured and in-line with a generally accepted way of teaching these skills.
Hello,
I see that I am the third Rachel to introduce myself! I am a solo Librarian at a small Sixth Form College in Norfolk. Our students can and do come to us from a range of high schools across the county and from abroad. This year I have become more involved with helping to deliver the taught aspects of the EPQ and would like to integrate the FOSIL cycle into my sessions. I would also like to get those subjects which involve coursework at A Level involved.
I qualified as a Librarian in 2006 and completed my Chartership in 2010. This year I am working towards my revalidation. Prior to joining Dereham Sixth Form College in 2015 I worked as a Senior Librarian at an FE/HE College in Surrey.