Practising information literacy : bringing theories of learning, practice and information literacy together / edited by Annemaree Lloyd, Sanna Talja.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lloyd, Annemaree.

Talja, Sanna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information literacy--Research--Methodology.

Information literacy.

Information science--Research--Methodology.

Information science.

Library science--Research--Methodology.

Library science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Wagga Wagga, Australia : Centre for Information Studies, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book showcases new interdisciplinary academic research on the relationship between information literacy and learning. It combines findings with new understandings drawn from theoretical and empirical research conducted in primary and secondary schools, higher education, workplaces, and community contexts. The studies offer new insights into questions such as how transferable are the information practices and skills learned in one context to other contexts? What is the degree to which information competences are generic, to what degree are they domain and context specific? What are the kin

Contents:

Cover; PRACTISING INFORMATION LITERACY: Bringing Theories of Learning, Practice and InformationLiteracy Together; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Integrating theories of learning, literacies and information practices; PART 1. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES; CHAPTER 1 Windows on information literacy worlds: Generic, situated and transformative perspectives; Part 1. Literacy models and perspectives; Part 2. GeST windows; Part 3. GeST in practice; Using the GeST windows; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; CHAPTER 2 Lessons from the workplace: Understanding information literacy as practice

Sociocultural and practice perspectivesInformation literacy and workplace knowledge; Emergency workers: fire fighters and ambulance officers; Establishing an agenda for information literacy research; Dimensions of information literacy practice; Constructing knowledge through practice: implications and challenges for practitioners and researchers; References; CHAPTER 3Information literacy as situated anddistributed activity; Information literacy as individual competence; Information literacy as sociocultural, tool-mediated activity; Conclusions; References

PART II. RACTISING INFORMATION LITERACY IN FORMAL LEARNING CONTEXTSCHAPTER 4 Problem-based learning andcollaborative information literacy inan educational digital video course; Problem-based learning and information literacy; Research questions and procedure; Research results; Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 5 The challenges of the first research paper: Observing students and the teacher in the secondary school classroom; Data and methods; Data gathering; Data analysis; Results; Discussion; References; CHAPTER 6 Digital literacies as school practices

The perspective of media education researchDigital literacies; Methodology; Digital literacies as school practices: Laura's lesson; Discussion; Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 7 Year 12 students' use of information literacy skills: A constructivist grounded analysis; Information literacy research in schools; The transfer of learning; Methodology; Discussion; References; PART III. CHALLENGES IN INFORMATION LITERACY TEACHING; CHAPTER 8 Generic versus discipline-specific skills; Literature review; Methods; Analysis of questionnaires; Teaching information literacy

Appendix: Information Literacy and the Practice of Research SurveyCHAPTER 9 Teacher trainees of the Internet Age: Changing conceptions of information literacy instruction?; Discussion; Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 10Dialogic literacy: A socioculturalliteracy learning approach; A sociocultural view of learning and literacy; Multimodal representations and situated learning; Dialogic literacy and traditional information literacy definitions; Dialogic literacy and the knowledge-creation paradigm in teaching, learning and schooling; Towards participatory learning and literacy culture

References

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 22, 2014).

ISBN:

9781780632803

1780632800

OCLC:

867318443