Reinventing classroom space to re-energise information literacy instruction

Learning About Teachers’ Literacy Instruction From Classroom Observations

The purpose of this study is to contribute to efforts to improve methods for gathering and analyzing data from classroom observations in early literacy. The methodological approach addresses current problems of reliability and validity of classroom observations by taking into account differences in teachers’ uses of instructional actions (e.g., modeling) in specific skill areas (e.g., fluency, ...

Practicing Information Literacy in the Classroom

Artikelns syfte är att skapa en ökad förståelse för de utmaningar som uppstår när man i klassrumspraktiker skapar mening åt informationskompetens i allmänhet och i synnerhet åt trovärdighet. En kvalitativ studie har genomförts i två svenska gymnasieklasser med elever från andra året på samhällsvetenskapligt program. Artikeln ger en inblick i de utmaningar som pedagoger möter i samtidens skola n...

Assessment of library instruction to develop student information literacy skills.

To the instruction cave, librarian!: Graphic novels and information literacy

Information Labs: The Next Best Thing in Information Literacy Instruction?

As higher education transforms itself from a lecture-dominated enterprise to one that encourages active engagement by the students with the curriculum, librarians have a new avenue for inserting themselves into the educational mission of the university. At Purdue University, the libraries have been successful integrating problem-based learning activities into curricula in several departments. O...