Transformative projects for promoting reading and media and information literacy: the experience of the Emilio Muñoz Secondary Education Institute in Cogollos Vega (Granada)

Abstract

This experience presents projects aimed at promoting reading and media and information literacy developed by the Emilio Muñoz Secondary Education Institute in Cogollos Vega (Granada) and coordinated through its library. The aim of these projects, developed in collaboration with families and the local community, is to encourage reading and to foster media and information literacy as well as linguistic communication competence across all subjects. The projects are carried out in coordination with teaching staff from different departments, those responsible for plans and programs, and the library committee, which is made up of teachers, students, and families. The library contributes by providing both printed and digital information resources and by organizing various activities. The methodology varies depending on the activity carried out and includes research-based learning and the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Learning and Knowledge Technologies (LKT), and Technologies for Empowerment and Participation (TEP). The evaluation of the experience is positive, as it motivates students by addressing the relationship between different topics and literature, working on oral and written expression and comprehension, and improving the acquisition of competences useful across different subjects within the school context.