The Study Tour was a long week - I think the best way to show what I learnt in that week is to post a copy of my reflection task that was submitted following the study tour.
I've obviously removed my subject and student number for privacy reasons.
You can view it here.
While I felt the tours were of interest to me in terms of how libraries are managed, I still stand by my view that students in my course (Masters of Education - Teacher Librarianship) needed to visit school libraries.
There was also too much emphasis on the tours catering to those doing Information Management Courses. Even the details relating to placement were catered heavily towards them. This made understanding requirements for placement difficult for anyone doing teacher librarianship, which has its own guidelines for placement. I was fortuante to meet another student from my course who actually agreed with my concerns. Therefore I felt that the ten or so of us doing teacher librarianship were somewhat neglected.
