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Students from thirty of two hundred and twenty-four post-primary schools participating in the Junior Certificate School Programme (JCSP) have a unique opportunity to collaborate with professional school librarians. With emphasis on literacy, the JCSP library experience presents a window into a future of Irish education that is more enjoyable, democratic, and relevant. Through arts-informed activities focusing on creating positive relationships, JCSP librarians as ‘artistes sans frontiers’ help enrich the education experience of disadvantaged learners. Furthermore, librarians, through attention to agency and wellbeing, open a new type of education space addressing disengagement and a form of epistemological loneliness experienced by many post-primary students. The story of the JCSP librarians is brought to light in socio-historical contexts with examples of student/librarian artistic encounters interpreted through a concept of education as a natural, lifelong creative process of developing positive relationships individually and collectively, with ourselves, others, and the humanly constructed and natural environment.
Keywords: Arts Education ; Democratic Education ; Educational Disadvantage ; Inclusion ; Literacy ; Philosophy of Education ; Professional School Librarians ; Relationships in Education ; School Libraries ; Wellbeing
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