Critical Literacy for Information Professionals
This edited collection explores critical literacy theory and provides practical guidance to how it can be taught and applied in libraries. Critical literacy asks fundamental questions about our understanding of knowledge. Unlike more conventional approaches to literacy and resource evaluation, with...
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| Format | eBook Book |
| Language | English |
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London
Facet Publishing
2016
Facet Pub Facet |
| Edition | 1 |
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| ISBN | 9781783301058 1783301503 9781783300822 1783301058 1783300825 9781783301508 |
| DOI | 10.29085/9781783301508 |
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Table of Contents:
- Critical literacy for information professionals -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 Theories of critical literacy -- 1 Renegotiating the place of fiction in libraries through critical literacy -- 2 Death of the author(ity): repositioning students as constructors of meaning in information literacy instruction -- 3 Reading health-education comics critically: challenging power relationships -- 4 Reframing librarians’ approaches to international students’ information literacy through the lens of New Literacy Studies -- 5 Using new literacies to discuss disability in the library -- 6 ‘Anyone can cook’: critical literacy in the workplace -- 7 Social justice, adult learning and critical literacy -- Part 2 Critical literacy in practice -- 8 A picture is worth a thousand words: teaching media literacy -- 9 Curricular and extra-curricular opportunities to engage school students in critical literacy in England -- 10 New media and critical literacy in secondary schools -- 11 Critical literacy and academic honesty: a school librarian’s role and contribution -- 12 Engaging undergraduate communications students in critical information literacy -- 13 Exploring pedagogical implications of students’ search mediation experiences through the lens of critical information literacy -- 14 Diffusing critical web literacy in a teacher-education setting: initial reflections and future planning -- Further information -- Index.
- The Greek educational context -- Designing the integration of critical web-literacy components in teacher education -- Students' reactions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Further information -- Critical pedagogy -- Critical literacy -- Libraries and critical literacy -- Teaching resources -- New literacies and New Literacy Studies -- Index
- Intro -- Title page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- PART 1 Theories of critical literacy -- 1 Renegotiating the place of fiction in libraries through critical literacy -- Introduction -- Reader response and critical literacy -- Approaches to promoting fiction reading in libraries -- Critical literacy and fiction reading in libraries -- Conclusions -- References -- 2 Death of the author(ity): repositioning students as constructors of meaning in information literacy instruction -- Introduction -- A hermeneutic framework: reading as interpretation -- Positivism, libraries and information literacy -- Students as constructors of meaning: implications for practice -- Interpretation and the Framework -- Conclusion: the author is dead, long live the author -- References -- 3 Reading health-education comics critically: challenging power relationships -- Introduction -- Reading comics critically -- Studying health-education comics readers -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 4 Reframing librarians' approaches to international students' information literacy through the lens of New Literacy Studies -- Introduction -- New Literacy Studies -- International student information literacy -- Recommendations -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Using new literacies to discuss disability in the library -- Introduction -- Disability and the library -- New literacies and disability -- Exploring some practical applications of 'includer' mindsets -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 'Anyone can cook': critical literacy in the workplace -- Introduction -- Annemaree Lloyd: information literacy as the basis of practice -- Etienne Wenger: communities of practice and digital habitats -- Scrutiny over authority: the critical element -- Radical information literacy -- Conclusion -- References
- 7 Social justice, adult learning and critical literacy -- Introduction -- Social justice and adult learning theory -- Challenges and next steps -- References -- PART 2 Critical literacy in practice -- 8 A picture is worth a thousand words: teaching media literacy -- Introduction -- Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library and the Youth Care Center -- The Media Sensationalism and Youth programme -- Making media -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 9 Curricular and extra-curricular opportunities to engage school students in critical literacy in England -- Introduction -- Integrating critical literacy within the curriculum -- Critical literacy in extra-curricular activities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 10 New media and critical literacy in secondary schools -- Introduction -- New media, secondary school students and critical skills -- Critical literacy in the school library -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 11 Critical literacy and academic honesty: a school librarian's role and contribution -- Introduction -- The IB Diploma Programme -- The contribution of the school librarian -- Conclusions -- References -- 12 Engaging undergraduate communications students in critical information literacy -- Introduction -- Case study: oral communication at the University of Memphis -- Conclusion -- References -- 13 Exploring pedagogical implications of students' search mediation experiences through the lens of critical information literacy -- Introduction -- Critical information literacy in a community college setting -- Research purpose, questions, and methods -- Research findings -- Deadlines, grades and becoming educated: discussion of implications for critical information literacy -- Note -- References -- 14 Diffusing critical web literacy in a teacher-education setting: initial reflections and future planning -- Introduction