Ways of Experiencing Information Literacy

Making the Case for a Relational Approach

AvSusie Andretta

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

This book has two aims: firstly to present an investigation into information literacy by looking at how people engage with information to accomplish tasks or solve problems in personal, academic and professional contexts (also known as the relational approach). This view of information literacy illustrates a learner-centred perspective that will be of interest to educators who wish to go beyond the teaching of information skills. The second aim of this book is to illustrate how the relational approach can be used as an investigative framework. As a detailed account of a relational study, this book will appeal to researchers interested in using the relational framework to examine pedagogical experiences from the learner's perspective.

Offers an investigation of the relational approach to examine information literacy from the perspective of the learner and the educator within diverse pedagogical conditions, both academic and professional
Presents concrete examples of measuring the impact of the information literacy experience through the application of newly developed information literacy practices to unknown situations (described as Transfer), or through the changes in the learner's view of the world (described as Transformation)
Written by an internationally known scholar and practitioner of information literacy

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-08-06
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt:430 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Chandos Information Professional Series
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9781843346807

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Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Susie Andretta is based at the Department of Applied Social Sciences, London Metropolitan University. The author’s expertise in IL originates from research on the implementation of user-education programmes in combination with student-centred learning strategies.

Recensioner i media

"Not only is the approach to locating information of interest, but so also is the context of searching. Context in this instance refers to ‘personal’, ‘professional’ or ‘academic’ areas…Overall this is a solid work for those wanting a deeper understanding of the relational approach to information literacy. It is of interest to librarians and information seekers alike."--The Australian Library Journal, Vol. 62, No. 4, 2013"A useful contribution to IL research and of value to those wishing to pursue similar research in this field."--Journal of Information Literacy"This is a highly competent book, well written and based on meticulous research."--Library Review

Innehållsförteckning

List of figures and tablesList of abbreviationsAcknowledgementsForewordAbout the authorChapter 1: Introduction: who this book is for how to use itAbstract:Background and overall aim of the researchOutline of the bookChapter 2: The relational approach explainedAbstract:The deep and surface approach to learningThe structure of awareness: internal and external horizonsThe outcome space of learningExperiential variation: fostering deep and transferable learningThe relational studiesConclusionChapter 3: How the relational approach was employed in this researchAbstract:The stages of the empirical researchFurther description of specific aspects of the methodology and research methodsConclusionChapter 4: The multiple-context relational approach generated by the empirical researchAbstract:Comparing the students’ conceptualisations of academic research and information literacyThe coding framework for the final analysisThe four categories of information literacyTransformation and transferReflections on the frequency distribution of the codesThe multiple-context outcome space of information literacyConclusionIndividual storiesAbstract:Student 4Student 10Student 16Student 19ConclusionConclusionAbstract:Contribution to the relational body of researchContribution to practiceLimitations of this studyAreas for future researchConclusionAppendicesAppendix A: Consent form for the Head of Department, London Metropolitan UniversityAppendix B: Consent form for studentsAppendix C: Practical procedures of the empirical researchAppendix D: Abstract of the thesisReferencesIndex