%0 Journal Article %1 abdullah2008building %A Abdullah, Abrizah %D 2008 %J Journal of Information Literacy %K Coaching Community; Information Literate Personalized Project-based Resource-based School education; learning; literacy literacy; skills; %N 2 %T Building an information literate school community: approaches to inculcate information literacy in secondary school students %U http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/article/view/152 %V 2 %X Purpose: This paper considers the concept of an information literate school community (ILSC) and approaches to information literacy instruction appropriate to secondary schools in Malaysia. Methodology: The paper examines the literature to determine the conditions that need to be in place in order to create an ILSC, and benchmarks for determining how well a school is progressing towards an ILSC. Different approaches to IL education are outlined and a case study of project based learning in the history curriculum is highlighted. Findings: The project based learning approach in the history curriculum for 13-15 year olds does not ensure good information literacy skills if library instruction is not embedded. A digital library of the students’ history projects is being developed to encourage improvements in students’ work. Originality: This paper offers an insight into how Malaysian schools approach the task of developing student information literacy and their progress towards becoming ILSC.

@article{abdullah2008building, abstract = {Purpose: This paper considers the concept of an information literate school community (ILSC) and approaches to information literacy instruction appropriate to secondary schools in Malaysia. Methodology: The paper examines the literature to determine the conditions that need to be in place in order to create an ILSC, and benchmarks for determining how well a school is progressing towards an ILSC. Different approaches to IL education are outlined and a case study of project based learning in the history curriculum is highlighted. Findings: The project based learning approach in the history curriculum for 13-15 year olds does not ensure good information literacy skills if library instruction is not embedded. A digital library of the students’ history projects is being developed to encourage improvements in students’ work. Originality: This paper offers an insight into how Malaysian schools approach the task of developing student information literacy and their progress towards becoming ILSC.}, added-at = {2013-02-27T04:03:52.000+0100}, author = {Abdullah, Abrizah}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/293fa2876d607828b09124c8beb277588/jannah}, interhash = {d1df51e1a19336baa13cd2c54d5ca4ce}, intrahash = {93fa2876d607828b09124c8beb277588}, journal = {Journal of Information Literacy }, keywords = {Coaching Community; Information Literate Personalized Project-based Resource-based School education; learning; literacy literacy; skills;}, number = 2, timestamp = {2013-02-27T04:03:52.000+0100}, title = {Building an information literate school community: approaches to inculcate information literacy in secondary school students}, url = {http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/article/view/152}, volume = 2, year = 2008 }