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ERIC Number: EJ955795
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1523-4320
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Constructing Knowledge in the Twenty-First Century: I-LEARN and Using Information as a Tool for Learning
Neuman, Delia
School Library Media Research, v14 2011
To be efficient and effective learners in the information age, individuals must be able to engage successfully with a wide variety of information types and formats. Becoming lifelong learners in a world in which information flows freely and defies the boundaries of traditional disciplines and subject areas, children and youth in particular must develop strategies for engaging with ideas that transcend the curriculum and its usual topics and structures. The I-LEARN Model--Identify, Locate, Evaluate, Apply, Reflect, kNow--describes the process of learning with information and provides school librarians and others with a teaching tool created specifically for information-age learning. A learning model that expands traditional information-seeking models in important ways, I-LEARN assumes that learning itself is the goal of information-seeking in schools and that information in its various representations is the basic building block for lifelong learning in the twenty-first century. Grounded in research and theory from both information science and instructional systems design, and based on the author's own research and writing over more than a decade, I-LEARN builds on the well-known tripartite information literacy paradigm--accessing, evaluating, and using information--to operationalize an inquiry approach to learning. (Contains 1 table and 5 figures.)
American Association of School Librarians. Available from: American Library Association. 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. Tel: 800-545-2433; Web site: http://www.ala.org/aasl/slmr
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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