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Teachers’ conceptions about information literacy skills of school children

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: The paper presents results of a study conducted to measure perceptions of teachers about their 3rd grade students' information literacy (IL) skills. The IL standards given by the California School Library Association for 2nd graders were provided to 54 teachers from three private schools of Lahore city of Pakistan to get their opinion. Selected through purposive sampling methods, the respondents perceived their students to be good or adequate in various IL skills. The students were qualified in each of the eight standards of information literacy. The study concludes that information literacy activities can be practiced by schools by providing proper learning resources and infrastructure.

Source: Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries

DOI: 10.47657/201213779

Authors: Syeda Hina Batool, Khalid Mahmood

Institution: University of the Punjab

Language: English

Topic: Library Science and Information Literacy

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2135735637

FWCI: 10.45

Cites: 6

Cited by: 25

Related to: 10