What does the term "discursive
practices" mean?
Discursive practice means that you
are not about to apply what you have learned to a real-life situation.
What does
"discourse" mean?
Discourse refers to the different
situations that may or may not occur that are further discussed.
What is the "rock" and
what is the "hard place"?
The rock is the current conception
of information literacy and the hard place is the translation of information literacy
practice with understanding of how this practice happens from the education
sector to into workplace performance.
What are the differences between the
skills prescribed for information searching in academic and workplace
settings?
Information searching and reporting
in academic settings is usually stated in a “how we did it” form. The information searching skills in the
workplace are less structured and systemized.
How do academic notions
of information literacy undermine workplace
notions information literacy?
We are taught that information literacy
originates in academic settings.
However, the production, reproduction and circulation of information occur
in the workplace.
How are information needs identified
in work place setting like nursing and emergency workers?
Information needs are an
ever-changing, on-going process that requires a collaboration of people. This is what nurses and emergency workers
deal with everyday.
Why do issues of plagiarism not resonate in
workplace settings?
Knowledge in the workplace is
considered a collective possession and distributed in a story-telling fashion.
Are information literacy skills
transferable across contexts and settings? Why or Why not?
Information skills are transferable,
but complex. It is difficult to reduce
the information into a specific set of skills.
There is on-going research to test whether literacy skills are
transferrable.
What is "practice theory"?
Practice theories analyze ways of
engaging the world through human activity, language, and power.
How does the author of this article
define information literacy?
Information literacy is socially
constructed, on-going, and involves human coexistence.
How do educators need to change their
understanding of information literacy in order to prepare student for
the information literacy practices they will encounter in workplace settings?
Educators need to help their
students realize that they will continue to learn new knowledge past high
school into their chosen careers.
Learning occurs all the time, everywhere.
What do the terms
"ontological" and "epistemological" mean?
These refer to the structures that
create the conditions for sanctioning of information and knowledge.
After reading this article, how useful
is the traditional research paper we expect students to produce in school in
preparing them for workplace settings? What are traditional research
papers useful for? Should we still assign traditional research
papers?
Traditional research papers should
still be assigned to teach students how to research a given topic and to
analyze information. However, teachers
need to assign research that is relevant to their students so that information
literacy can continue through the workplace and become concrete.
What is one of the biggest challenges
to changing the way information literacy is conceptualized in school settings?
A lot of teachers do not accept
change, especially change to technology.
However, if teachers can be shown the positive impact that changing the
way we view how information is acquired and used, maybe teachers would rethink
their teaching practices. Some teachers
have guiders on that lead them to believe that learning from the textbook is
the only way. This is an obstacle we
need to overcome.
What attributes of the
21st century make it essential that educators change their approaches
toward information literacy?
The 21st century is
centered on technology and is ever-changing.
This generation will obtain the majority of their information from
digital and social media. As teachers,
we need to accept and embrace this change and teach them in ways that are
relevant to them.
What changes can teachers make to
their classroom activities to engage students in the information
literacy practices they will encounter in 21st century workplace settings?
Teachers should teach students how
to analyze information and how it can be applied in their everyday lives. This can be primarily achieved through the
use of technology.
I'm really glad you pointed out that students are getting information from social media and that educators need to not ban that practice but teach students to validate that information. Social media provides students with the kind of information they will encounter in the workplace; which is in the form of stories and personal experience. This information can be very valid and extremely useful! Students just need to know how to critically think about it in order to use it in a responsible and productive way.
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