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Communicative competence in the information age: Towards a critical theory of information literacy education

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: Insights developed from critical social science, particularly the work of Jürgen Habermas, are used to analyse the development of information literacy as a subject and its contemporary definitions. The challenges facing information literacy educators are located in potential contradictions between the subject’s strategic, technical elements and its more critical, communicative and social aspects. The critical potential of information literacy can also suggest why it is politically sensitive, and may struggle to attract status and funding.

Source: Innovation in Teaching and Learning in Information and Computer Sciences

DOI: 10.11120/ital.2006.05010007

Author: Andrew Whitworth

Institution: University of Manchester

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: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2149372402

FWCI: 12.65

Cites: 70

Cited by: 37

Related to: 10