ERIC Number: ED354916
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Publication Date: 1992-Jul
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The Power of Information Literacy: Unity of Education and Resources for the 21st Century.
Todd, Ross J.; And Others
Information literacy is the ability to use information purposefully and effectively. It is a holistic, interactive learning process encompassing the skills-based phases of defining, locating, selecting, organizing, presenting, and evaluating information from sources that include books and other media, experiences, and people; being able to consider information in light of knowledge; adding information to current knowledge; and applying this knowledge to solve information needs. An approach for promoting information literacy and establishing an integrated information skills program in a school is described. At Marist Sisters' College, a secondary school in Sydney (Australia), an action research project has attempted to place information literacy at the center of the curriculum. Using R. G. Havelock's model of the change agent, a range of change agent activities has been used. Qualitative evaluation through interviews with 8 teachers and 110 students in grades 7, 9, and 11 has demonstrated the positive impacts of the approach on student self-concept, the learning process, the view of information, learning outcomes, and the learning environment. Three appendixes contain a summary of the information process, change agent activities, and a diagram of the planning model. (Contains 12 references.) (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change Agents, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Information Utilization, Interviews, Knowledge Level, Library Instruction, Library Skills, Models, Qualitative Research, School Libraries, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Users (Information)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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