2.0 Importance of Information Literacy 2.1 Students While researchers have explored how librarians influence in education purpose, it also essential to understand the important of information literacy for education especially for students. Since, many aspects can influence student development learning the information literacy need to highlight in order to help students implies critical thinking skills, have ability to evaluate and access information. According to Kuhlthau (2008), assumes that the purpose of library’s information literacy education is to develop student’s insight into the process of information handling and into how each of its phases connects. This is how that information literacy helps students to be self-directed and lifelong …show more content…
According to Kuhlthau (2008), as consequences information literacy is gaining a high profile as central to education. This dynamic concept extends basic reading, writing, and calculating skills for application in information and technologically rich environments. Hence, students need a good knowledge and experience from librarians for their education process by using library resources. This is because students must be able to use effectively information resources, regardless of formats. (Mohammad Fazli Baharuddin, Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad and Fuziah Mohd Nadzar, 2011) found that, from 200 questionnaires distributed, 157 questionnaires were returned and about 47.8% of the teachers were unsure about information literacy. Many respondents admitted that teacher-librarians have been performing the roles very well but they are unsure of the roles of the …show more content…
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Humanity is in a perpetual state of trying to make living in the world an easier place. In just a few seconds, people can access information at their disposal, instead of having to look through different books to find what you need. But the question arises; does this boundless place for information honestly make us more informed than before we had the internet? Joe Keohane, the author of the article “How Facts Backfire,” is a political journalist who has also written articles on technology and culture.
There’s been a lot of controversy about online literacy and printed literacy. Both types of literacy have their upsides. Motoko Rich’s article “Literacy Debate: R U Really Reading?” reveals the controversy between online literacy and printed literacy. Despite the controversy, Rich explains how online literacy is a new way of reading.
Due to our evolution and progress in social, cultural, economic, and technological factors, as well as increasing human interconnection through social media, etc. We therefore can say that we as a community are happier with our current state than our ancestors before us. However the reading era has come and gone, many children as well as young adults opt out of this activity that is precedent to jobs, education, as well as a multitude of other situations. Fareed Zakaria, a famous CNN reporter and author, has written a book about this very circumstance we face, In Defense of Liberal Education that fights against the loss of
Self-education, which involves constant reading and learning, should be a personal development goal for every individual, as this encourages growth and nurtures
With reference to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), literacy has been noted as an indispensible skill that all students require in order to become successful learners, and as well as creating a base line for success across all learning areas, which is dependent on the ability to use ‘the significant, identifiable and distinctive literacy that is important for learning and representative of the content of that learning area’ (2013, p1). Using the Australian Curriculum for 7-10 Geography, this essay will explore the reasons why the study of literacy is important for all teachers and what it means to be literate in the geography subject area. Further more, this essay will provide examples of teaching strategies
In academic contexts they should be prepared to work with sources and to critically reflect where these sources come from. In 2011 Traphagan et al. tested the influence of being fully fully involved into the process of publication on Wikipedia on students. After being involved students showed more sensitivity towards the process of publication and the reliability of publicly assessed sources. Hence, the information literacy of students was improved. Wikipedia would support those students due to the fact that they have to get prepared for working in science which includes challenging statements of different
In “Reading and Thought” by Dwight Macdonald, Macdonald raises the idea of reading deeply and how our society has changed its reading style. He points out that our modern society constantly reads irrelevant information in articles, newspapers, or magazines in our daily lives. A term called “functional curiosity” is a person’s interest in being amused, entertained or wanting to know what’s happening around the world. According to Henry Luce, the creator of Time magazine, “Functional Curiosity grows as the number of educated peoples grows.” Macdonald argues that being “functionally curious” is not functional because it does not help the individual function.
Today’s youth spend countless hours on the internet for various reasons. Whether it is for research purposes, indulging in social media, watching videos, or playing games, reading is involved in some shape or form. Regardless of the content, reading online gives children certain abilities, such as expanding their vocabulary, adapting to different wordings and writing styles, identifying errors, understanding the material, and identifying the importance of details/imagery in their writing, that they may or may not be getting from books. In the article Literacy Debate: R U Really Reading?
"Bishops Support Cesar Chavez." America. 30 May 1970: 574. Print. This article gave us a rough idea about the public 's response to Cesar Chavez 's actions. It tried to report all sides of the conflict.
I can assume a common person in the 1960 would find information in a library. I think information literacy was despite the fact they did not have the technology like we have now days, it was something people would still have to learn to get accurate information. Newspapers, phone books, radio, library with tons of books and encyclopedias were also part of that era that started the necessity for inventors to create what we have today. Information literacy then and now I think it was the same practice just with the different tools.
There has been reading since the alphabet was first created thousands of years ago, but just recently, reading has taken on a new purpose. Reading in the modern day is a way to escape from a realty, good or bad, that people live in. People all over the world are suffering in their day to day life but now reading book especially fiction book allows them to escape. This helps people get over many problems such as depression, anxiety, and suicidal thought. Many people have written about this such as Tim Gillespie.
As the digital age comes upon us, more and more Americans become dissatisfied with the state of literacy in this generation. Because the Internet paves the way for shorter and shorter interactions, namely articles versus novels and six-second viral videos versus films, many people that grew up in the age of the Internet have a preference for this condensed form of entertainment. Dana Gioia of The New York Times asserts in his essay “Why Literature Matters” that the decline of reading in America is destined to have a negative impact on society as a whole. Gioia opens his essay with a bittersweet account of which trend is occurring in the twenty-first century America arts scene. He notes that as college attendance rates blossom, the interest
Rachel, You are absolutely correct that the information literacy requires individuals to recognize when information is needed. I think information literacy is going to be well needed as a base of life log learning theirs always going to be something new to learn or someone’s changing a policy of the process of what needs to be changed. In a criminal justice career part of using literacy would be gathering the information the right way, which I could see sometimes individuals have a difficult time with processing information that is directed to the individual.
Thompson also claims that digital tools can help people’s lives become easier and connect with other people through social media. Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Smarter?”, argues how technology doesn’t make people any smarter. Carr mentions how people’s literacy is being overthrown by technology. People tend to read whatever interest they want by using a search engine rather than reading books. Another
Information literacy helps students recognize misleading, out-of-date, or false information. It also helps them sort through the data and interpret it intelligently. Libraries full of books are still available and a valuable resource for students, but information literacy includes the Internet and beyond. Teachers are involve into it, they act as channel of information.