Dianne McKenzie is a passionate educator and teacher librarian who strives to make professional learning meaningful and thought provoking. She was a teacher librarian for over 15 years in Hong Kong and is now based in Australia as a full time professional development provider for teachers and librarians globally through her company School Librarian Connection.
She has presented at a number of conferences and seminars worldwide since 2002 and is an experienced International Baccalaureate workshop leader and site visitor. As moderator of the Int'l School Library Connection Facebook group and through her blog, Library grits, she mentors and learns from Educators everywhere.
An avid scuba diver, cyclist and photographer, she attempts to connect these passions, however she has yet to overcome the challenges of cycling underwater while diving and taking photographs simultaneously.
Workshop: “Teaching through Inquiry in the Library Context"
Curiosity and self direction have been found to be the best way for learners to move forward and to deepen their learning. This session will look at how inquiry teaching and learning can be utilised in the school library setting to transform lessons and deepen understandings through provocations, questioning and considering the best way to learn something, rather than the best way to teach something.
She has presented at a number of conferences and seminars worldwide since 2002 and is an experienced International Baccalaureate workshop leader and site visitor. As moderator of the Int'l School Library Connection Facebook group and through her blog, Library grits, she mentors and learns from Educators everywhere.
An avid scuba diver, cyclist and photographer, she attempts to connect these passions, however she has yet to overcome the challenges of cycling underwater while diving and taking photographs simultaneously.
Workshop: “Teaching through Inquiry in the Library Context"
Curiosity and self direction have been found to be the best way for learners to move forward and to deepen their learning. This session will look at how inquiry teaching and learning can be utilised in the school library setting to transform lessons and deepen understandings through provocations, questioning and considering the best way to learn something, rather than the best way to teach something.