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Information literacy in adult returners to Higher Education: student experiences in a university pre-entry course in a UK university

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Anderson, Tony, Johnston, Bill, McDonald, Alexandra·2013·Library and Information Research
DOI 10.29173/lirg546
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This paper reports a qualitative investigation of the experiences of 18 students taking a year long, part-time pre-entry course designed to help participants choose a course of study and develop confidence in their ability to study at first year university standard. The particular focus for the research was information literacy, and the study sought to illuminate students’ reasoning underlying their information use. It was found that interviewees expressed greater confidence in the veracity of textbooks than websites, but that this contrast appeared to be based on a relatively unsophisticated epistemology. The interviews also suggested that students’ metacognitive awareness and control, particularly over the critical thinking processes by which candidate information is selected or rejected for study, were somewhat weak. The core characteristics of information literacy for this group are discussed and suggestions for follow-up studies and interventions to assist in improving matters are provided.

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  • Higher education staff can struggle to equip students with higher level, transferable information literacy skills.

    “Librarians, academics, lecturers, academic skills developers and other staff in Higher Education discuss and define information literacy, but can struggle to equip students with higher level, transferable, information skills.”

    From Playful Information Literacy: Play and information Literacy in Higher Education (2015) · cites this paper as Anderson, Johnston, & McDonald, 2013

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Authors
Anderson, T., Johnston, B., & McDonald, A.
Affiliations
University of Strathclyde (GB)
Venue
Library and Information Research
Publisher
University of Alberta Libraries
Published
2013-05-10
Volume
37
Issue
114
Pages
55-73
ISSN
  • 0141-6561 (ISSN-L)
  • 1756-1086
DOI
10.29173/lirg546
OpenAlex
W2151422989
Cited by
6
References
47
Citations by year
2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1
FWCI
6.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
Library and Information Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Library Science and Information Literacy
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
Keywords
information literacy, part-time students, student experience, epistemology, metacognition, critical thinking, source credibility

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