Hicks, A;
Lloyd, A;
(2020)
Peeling back the layers: Deconstructing information literacy discourse in higher education.
In:
International Conference on Information iConference 2020: Sustainable Digital Communities.
(pp. pp. 363-372).
Springer, Cham: Borås, Sweden.
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Abstract
The discourses of information literacy practice create epistemological assumptions about how the practice should happen, who should be responsible and under what conditions instruction should be given. Analysis of a wide range of documents and texts emerging from the Higher Education (HE) sector suggest that information literacy (IL) is shaped by two competing and incongruent narratives. The outward facing narrative of information literacy (located in information literacy standards and guidelines) positions information literacy as an empowering practice that arms students with the knowledge and skills to battle the complexity of the modern information world. In contrast, the inward facing narrative (located in information literacy texts) positions students as lacking appropriate knowledge, skills and agency. This deficit perception, which has the capacity to influence pedagogical practice, is at odds with constructivist and action-oriented views that are espoused within information literacy instructional pedagogy. This presentation represents the first paper in a research programme that interrogates the epistemological premises and discourses of information literacy within HE.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Peeling back the layers: Deconstructing information literacy discourse in higher education |
| Event: | International Conference on Information iConference 2020: Sustainable Digital Communities |
| Location: | Borås, Sweden |
| Dates: | 23th-26th Mar 2020 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-43687-2_28 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43687-2_28 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Information Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10087355 |
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