Are special educators prepared to teach information

literacy standard?

G-CASE Fall Conference 2014Susan Brown, Ph.D.

sbrown1@Kennesaw.edu

Session Objectives:

• To define and provide examples of the new information literacy standards.• To provide data on information literacy competency of adults• To address information literacy competency of current special

education teachers.• To propose strategies to prepare special education teachers to

support students with disabilities.

Why information literacy?

The overarching goal of k-20 education is simple – to produce

independent, self sufficient lifelong learners who can successfully

navigate the competitive challenges of post secondary educational

and/or workplace opportunities (NFIL, 2014).

What is informational literacy?

(NFIL, 2014)

What is information literacy?

Information Literacy is the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information (ACRL, 2014).• Determine the extent of information needed• Access the needed information effectively and efficiently• Evaluate information and its sources critically• Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base• Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose• Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of

information, and access and use information ethically and legally

The Citation Project

Writers have four means by which they can incorporate source content into their text: they can quote, summarize, paraphrase, or patchwrite that content. Contemporary educational and media discourse has been focused on whether writers acknowledge their sources when they incorporate material from them. A more profound question is how writers incorporate source material; quotation, summary, paraphrase, and patchwriting are separate discursive moves representing different levels of intellectual engagement with the source (The Citation Project, 2014).

Project Information Literacy

• Project Information Literacy (PIL) is a large-scale, national study about early adults and their research habits.• How do first year college students make the critical information

transition from high school to college?

The LILAC Project

• The LILAC Project is a multi-institutional study of the information-seeking behaviors of students from a variety of levels and institution types.• Hypothesis: While students are receiving instruction in information

literacy skills, including instruction in locating, evaluating, using, and citing information sources, much of this learning does not carry over with them beyond the confines of the specific assignment or classroom.

Ga Information literacy standards

ELACCKRL1 Key Ideas and Details: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

https://www.georgiastandards.org/Common-Core/Documents/CCGPS_6-8_SS-Science-Tech-Literacy_Guidance.pdf

Data on information literacy competency of adults• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWNGZUa952A&feature=youtu.

be• http://nces.ed.gov/naal/kf_demographics.asp• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1pBgy2LllE

Information literacy competency of current special education teachers

12 Rationale for instructional strategies2223431233332

Information Literacy and Teacher Education ERIC ED424231 1998

MED Candidate Mastery

Strategies to prepare special education teachers to support students with disabilities• Collaboration with ELA and Content Teachers to identify student

needs.• Collaboration with Librarians/Media Specialists to provide targeted

student workshops • Identify evidence-based practice to support information literacy

development in K-12 students• Identify accommodations to support swd access• Provide professional development for special education teachers in

information literacy.

References

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) (2014). Introduction to information literacy. Accessed at http://www.ala.org/acrl/issues/infolit/overview/intro

National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL) (2014). Information literacy skills. Accessed at: http://infolit.org/information-literacy-projects-and-programs/

Georgia Standards.org (2014).

The Citation Project (2014). Research questions. Accessed at:http://site.citationproject.net/?page_id=113

Project Information Literacy (PIL) (2014). Accessed at:http://projectinfolit.org/