ABSTRACT
Students need to be good researchers because researching is an active learning strategy that engages all three thinking skills and forces students to be systematic and deliberate about what they say and how they say it. It expands their thinking, refines their opinions, and increases their own information literacy. The chapter seeks to discuss the effects of information isolation on teacher and student scholarship, educational practice, and learning leadership. It demonstrates that teachers must be scholars, practitioners, and leaders in order to meet the needs of students in classrooms. One of the best tools they have is to be informationally literate so they never isolate themselves from professional development when they enter their classrooms and close their doors. All the components of scholarly writing—investigation, building an argument, accuracy, peer review, and evidence—help achieve the purpose of making the writer think more profoundly.
