Information Literacy Skills: Teacher and Student Viewpoints

Assessment of library instruction to develop student information literacy skills.

The effectiveness of teacher communication skills training on student indiscipline and teacher-students interaction

Abstract Introduction: The problem of student indiscipline and the proper teacher-student interaction are issues that all teachers, including teachers in special schools, deal with them. The Purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of teacher communication skills training on student indiscipline and teacherstudents interaction. Method: A quasi experimental design was empl...

Relationship between Lifelong Learning Levels and Information Literacy Skills in Teacher Candidates

This study aims to examine the relationship between lifelong learning levels and information literacy skills in teacher candidates. The research group consists of 127 physical education and sports teacher candidates. Data were collected by means of “Lifelong Learning Scale (LLL)” and "Information Literacy Scale". In the data analysis, “mean, standard deviation and Product-Moment Correlation coe...

Games for Teaching Information Literacy Skills

Admittedly, this is a silly joke, but it represents a creative way to introduce search terms into a class discussion or simply get a chuckle from students in an information literacy course. The joke is short and can be placed on cover sheets for returned graded assignments. It does not detract from the class, and is one example of humor, which is an active learning technique used as part of the...

Information literacy practices and student protests: mapping community information landscapes

Introduction. This paper provides a contribution to understandings of information literacy regarding context and transferability of information practices. Specifically, the paper analyses the subset of information practices in situations of student protests and addresses issues of transfer of information literacy practice from a highly formal landscape to a highly non-formal and unstructured la...