A Longitudinal Comparison of Information Literacy in Students Starting Politics Degrees

Autor/in	Thornton, Stephen
Titel	A Longitudinal Comparison of Information Literacy in Students Starting Politics Degrees
Quelle	In: Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 12 (2019) 2, S.89-111 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Thornton, Stephen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1755-2273
Schlagwörter	Information Literacy; Longitudinal Studies; International Relations; Political Science; College Freshmen; Knowledge Level; Foreign Countries; Prior Learning; Academic Degrees; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informationskompetenz; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Internationale Beziehungen; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Studienanfänger; Wissensbasis; Ausland; Vorkenntnisse; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Großbritannien
Abstract	Information literacy, the concept most associated with inculcating the attributes necessary to behave in a strategic, thoughtful and ethical manner in the face of a superfluity of information, has been part of the information specialist scene for many years. As the United Kingdom's QAA benchmark statements for Politics and International Relations highlight, many of the competences associated with this concept are vital in the honourable struggle to become a successful graduate of those disciplines. This article presents a longitudinal study of a survey used to expose the information literacy levels of two groups of first-year Politics/IR students at a British university and, using the logic of 'most similar design', make informed inferences about the level of students' information literacy on coming into tertiary education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01