The relationship between students’ subject preferences and their information behaviour

• Published in: Journal of documentation Vol. 74; no. 4; pp. 692 - 721
• Main Authors: Madden, Andrew D, Webber, Sheila, Ford, Nigel, Crowder, Mary
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford Emerald Publishing Limited 08.05.2018; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Classification; Cognitive Style; College students; Colleges & universities; Communications technology; Critical thinking; Education; Focus Groups; Graduate studies; High School Students; Indexing; Information literacy; Information Seeking; Information seeking behavior; Information Skills; Information sources; Information technology; Intellectual Development; Intellectual Disciplines; Interviews; Learning; Literature reviews; National Curriculum; Pedagogy; Preferences; Questionnaires; Research Problems; Secondary Schools; Stakeholders; Student behavior; Students; Teachers; Teaching methods; Thinking Skills; World Views; Disciplines; Students; Information behaviour; Critical thinking; Information research; Schools; Universities

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between preferred choice of school subject and student information behaviour (IB). Design/methodology/approach Mixed methods were employed. In all, 152 students, teachers and librarians participated in interviews or focus groups. I...