scholarly journals Searching for Knowledge: Teaching Information Technology to Secondary Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 277-290
Author(s):  
Eleanor B. Howe
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Search Process ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Electronic Search ◽  
Accurate Knowledge ◽  
Short Course ◽  
Subject Areas

This paper discusses the importance of accurate knowledge to a knowledge-based society and presents the rationale, organization, and content of a short course in electronic search skills that enables students to retrieve accurate information by evaluating their searches, citations, and resources in a variety of databases. Focusing on the Seven Steps in the electronic search process, the course develops students' skills in thinking, computer literacy, and the ethical use of information. Students learn the concepts, process, and skills of information literacy and technology as they integrate the results of their searches into subject areas across the secondary curriculum. A syllabus and daily topics are included. 

scholarly journals Integrating Information Technology Into and Across the Curriculum: A Short Course for Secondary Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
Eleanor B. Howe
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Students ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Electronic Search ◽  
Short Course ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
High School Library

The installation of technology in the school library is only the first step in its effective use by students. Many search engines are not intuitively obvious to users, and although students love computers, they often need help with searching. The author combines the results of action research in the high school library with conclusions in the professional literature to argue that systematic formal instruction in electronic search skills is necessary for awareness of library software and competence in its use. The paper focuses on the why, what, when, where, and how of teaching electronic search skills to high school students.

scholarly journals Information literacy in food and activity tracking among three communities: parkrunners, people with type 2 diabetes and people with IBS (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela McKinney ◽  
Andrew Martin Cox ◽  
Laura Sbaffi
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Activity Tracking ◽  
Health Goals ◽  
Share Data ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Specific Health

BACKGROUND Tracking and logging food intake and activity are increasing and there is evidence of links to improvement in health and well-being as a result of these activities. Crucial to the effective and safe use of logging is users’ information literacy. OBJECTIVE To analyse food and activity tracking from an information literacy perspective. METHODS An online survey was distributed to three communities via parkrun, diabetes.co.uk and the IBS Network. RESULTS The data showed that there were clear differences in the logging practices that members of the three communities engaged with, and differences in motivations for tracking and extent of sharing of tracked data. Respondents showed a good understanding of the importance of information accuracy, and were confident in their abilities to understand tracked data. There were differences in the extent to which food and diet data was shared, and a lack of understanding of the potential re-use and sharing of data by third parties. CONCLUSIONS Information literacy in this context involves developing awareness of the issues of accurate information recording, and how tracked information can be applied to support specific health goals. Developing awareness of how and when to share data, and of data ownership and privacy are important aspects of information literacy.

A High School Librarian’s Participation in Supporting Information Literacy on Her Campus

2012 ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
Diana Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
School Library ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
School Library Media Specialists ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Library Resources

The ability to navigate the web and to use technology effectively and efficiently is no longer an option but a requirement in schools and in the workplace. Information literacy is widely accepted as embracing rapid advances in technologies and recognizing the multiple literacies required of students living and learning in this century. Information literacy has grown to include traditional literacy, computer literacy, media literacy, and network literacy. School library media specialists in the twenty-first century face both challenges and opportunities in the recent high expectations of information literacy. Among the challenges is keeping up with changing technologies and taking the necessary steps to ensure students and teachers have appropriate access to resources and instruction. Opportunities include the chance to transform today’s library into a resource center of the future where information literacy can be easily obtained. Welcome to the world of Ms. West, a middle school teacher turned high school librarian, and see how she ponders upon her new role as being the instructor/specialist of information literacy skills on the campus, a reading advocate and provider of reading materials, as the manager of the resources both information and library resources, and lastly being a collaborator with teachers concerning information literacy issues.

Teacher to Teacher: Mathematics and Science: The Beginning of a Beautiful Relationship

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-106
Author(s):  
Jon D. Davis ◽  
Sally Kent
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Students ◽  
American Association ◽  
Related Subject ◽  
Mathematics Knowledge ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Mathematics And Science

Engaging in meaningful problems outside of school rarely involves only mathematics knowledge. Oftentimes, multiple subject areas are involved when solving problems that professionals routinely encounter outside of school. unfortunately, middle and secondary students often experience subject areas as isolated islands within the ocean of their experiences. Efforts to bring the closely related subject areas of mathematics and science together have been promoted in documents by NCTM (1989, 2000) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1989).

scholarly journals Strengthening capacity for monitoring and evaluation through short course training in Kenya

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hesborn Wao ◽  
Rohin Onyango ◽  
Elizabeth Kisio ◽  
Moses Njatha ◽  
Nelson O. Onyango
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Multilevel Modelling ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Short Course ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
The Impact

Background: Weak monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems and limited supply of M&E human resources in Africa signal the need to strengthen M&E capacity.Objectives: This exploratory study evaluated the effect of short course training on professionals’ knowledge and skills in the areas of mixed methods research, systematic review and meta-analysis and general principles of M&E.Methods: A partially mixed concurrent dominant status design including quantitative (multilevel modelling and meta-analyses) and qualitative (thematic content analysis) components was employed to evaluate the impact of a 4-day short course training focusing on these areas.Results: Thirty-five participants participated in the training. Participants experienced an increase in knowledge in the three areas; however, average change in knowledge did not differ across participants’ employment settings. Participants’ self-stated objectives considered as SMART and belonging to a higher level in Bloom’s taxonomy were associated with change in knowledge. Based on comments made by participants, majority intended to apply what they learned to their work; clarity of content delivery was the most liked aspect of the training, and the use of more practical sessions was recommended as a way to improve the training.Conclusions: This study provides preliminary evidence of potential of the use of short course training as an approach to strengthening capacity in M&E in less-developed countries such as Kenya. It underscores the importance of participants’ self-stated objective(s) as an element to be considered in the enhancement of knowledge, attitudes and skills needed for acceptable capacity building in M&E.

scholarly journals РАЗВИТИЕ ИНФОРМАЦИОННОЙ ГРАМОТНОСТИ УЧАЩИХСЯ В УСЛОВИЯХ СЕЛЬСКОЙ ШКОЛЫ

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Aleksandrova ◽  
Aleksandr Shirin ◽  
Sergey Taykov
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
School Students ◽  
Local Networks ◽  
Literacy Knowledge ◽  
Information And Communication

Описаны вопросы разновозрастного обучения в сельской школе. Представлены основные компоненты информационной грамотности учащихся школы (получение информации; оценка информации; использование информации). Раскрыто понятие «информация». Изучена связь информационной грамотности с такими видами грамотности, как сетевая грамотность (умение анализировать данные, поступающие из социальных сетей); цифровая грамотность (умение воспринимать и применять информацию с помощью компьютера); интернет-грамотность (умение критически оценивать информацию из сети Интернет); компьютерная грамотность (способность грамотно применять информационно-коммуникационные технологии для решения поставленных задач); медиаграмотность (способности, необходимые для взаимодействия с данными, информацией и знаниями). We described the issues of different age education in a rural school and presented the main components of information literacy of school students (obtaining information; evaluating information; using information). The concept of “information” is disclosed. We studied the relationship of information literacy with such types as network literacy (the ability to analyze, collect and use information coming from social networks); digital literacy (the ability to understand and use information provided by a variety of formats and sources using a computer); internet literacy; computer literacy (knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for understanding information and communication technologies, including hardware, software, systems, networks (local networks and the Internet)); media literacy (knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for understanding all means of (mass) communication and formats in which the creation, storage, transmission and presentation of data, information and knowledge is carried out). We gave examples and analysis of the current situation in rural schools, the reasons why it is necessary to develop and implement information and communication technologies in small schools and the practice of their application. We also described the main directions of development of teachers in rural schools (areas that require special attention when designing a development program for a particular school) and the conditions that are necessary for this.

scholarly journals Do Computer and Foreign language literacy affect native language (L1) reading strategies?

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 543-559
Author(s):  
Aristea Mavrogianni ◽  
Εleni Vassilaki ◽  
Apostolos Sarris ◽  
Emmanuel Yachnakis
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Text Reading ◽  
Educational Variables

This research investigates metacognitive awareness, students reading strategies preferences and their correlation to independent demographic and educational variables. Data were gathered through the MARSI-2fGR inventory administered to a random sample of 632 students aged 12-24 from 68 schools in various urban, semi-urban and rural regions in Greece. The alternative factorial structure of the MARSI-2fGR inventory comprised of two factors, namely textor and textout, standing for text-oriented and beyond text reading strategies that Greek secondary students use. Results showed significant differences in favour of the textor reading strategies compared to the textout. It seems that other parameters affect the reading strategies preferences more than the family's socioeconomic status. Both variables of foreign language knowledge and computer literacy showed statistically significant differences. Therefore, it appeared that the more literate someone is in foreign languages and computers, the more reading strategies he/she declared to use. This research sheds new light on the way that Greek students read academic or school-related material.

scholarly journals Models for Teaching Information Literacy: A Comparative Review of the Top Six Models

Mousaion ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Israel Odede
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
First Century ◽  
Search Process ◽  
Comparative Review ◽  
Prescriptive Model ◽  
Information Skills ◽  
University Level ◽  
Teaching Information

Information literacy is a necessary prerequisite for achieving educational, occupational, economic and personal goals in society. It has also become an essential skill to achieve individual goals. Many models have been designed for developing these crucial skills but few published scholarly studies have explored their effectiveness and none have compared them. The present paper reviewed the literature to select the most commonly used models for teaching information literacy, and analysed the reported strengths and weaknesses of the top six models. The top six models are the Information Search Process, the Big6 information skills, the Seven Pillars of Information Literacy, the Pathways to Knowledge, the PLUS model, and the Seven Faces of Information Literacy. The Information Search Process knowledge model stood out as the most useful prescriptive model especially through its ability across disciplines, beginning at the elementary educational level and extensively university level. The paper also highlights the values of integrating information literacy into curriculum development to enhance students’ learning experience and to develop skills and abilities necessary for the rapidly changing information environment of the twenty-first century.  

scholarly journals While Most Information Literacy Research Is Included in the Fields of Library Science and Education, a Considerable Amount Is Found in Medicine and Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-155
Author(s):  
Jessica A. Koos
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Library Science ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Literacy Research ◽  
The Web

A Review of: Aharony, N. (2010). Information literacy in the professional literature: An exploratory analysis. ASLIB Proceedings: New Information Perspectives, 62(3), 261-282. https://doi.org/10.1108/00012531011046907 Abstract Objective – To describe the published literature on information literacy from 1999-2009. Design – Statistical descriptive analysis and content analysis. Setting – N/A Subjects – 1,970 publications from the Web of Science database. Methods – The Web of Science database was searched using the term “information literacy” in the advanced search under “topic,” and was limited to articles published from 1999-2009. Next, information such as document type, subject areas, authors, source titles, publication years, languages, countries, keywords, and abstracts was collected from each document. A statistical descriptive analysis was conducted using the data. A content analysis was performed on the keywords and abstracts from a sampling of the results. Main Results – Information science/library science and education were the top subject areas of the identified articles, while the third largest subject area was “public, environmental and occupational health.” Nine out of ten journal titles focused on library science, however the journal title containing the second largest number of articles was Patient Education and Counseling. The content analysis revealed that the most common categories for keywords were “miscellaneous,” “health and medicine,” followed by “education.” Conclusion – The results indicated that information literacy research had been published mainly in journals associated with library science and education; however, a considerable amount of literature was published in health and medicine.

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