Teaching, Learning and Information Literacy

Abstract

Abstract This study explored pre-service teachers' understandings of information literacy and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) outcomes before and after being involved in a class that promoted and explored issues of information literacy and resource-based learning. One surprising result of a pre-class questionnaire was that, when asked about the role of information literacy in their lives as teachers, only four of the ten participants mentioned the students in their classroom and only one participant clearly stated that information literacy skills would need to be taught to students. This result suggests that teacher educators need to move from helping pre-service teachers become more information literate to helping pre-service teachers integrate information literacy skills into their own teaching. The post-class questionnaire found that immersing pre-service teachers in a research process, information literacy, and resource-based learning environment allowed their definitions of information...