Meeting name

LOEX 2023 Conference

Meeting location

Harrisburg, PA

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

5-12-2023

First page number:

1

Last page number:

27

Abstract

A recent Pew study suggests that trust in experts is declining, a trend that requires educators to reframe expectations for learning through research. Rather than emphasizing the characteristics of credible sources (which skeptics and partisans seem increasingly eager to dispute), information literacy teachers should redirect their efforts to prioritize research for a more thorough and realistic understanding of how sources relate to one another. We will review teaching practices in college-level instruction in information literacy and composition that promote and obscure understanding as a learning goal for research.

Participants will:

  1. Test-drive a discussion exercise that they can use with their classes to encourage reflection on trust and expertise.
  2. Distinguish between knowledge and understanding in order to differentiate between the motivations associated with each learning goal.
  3. Consider common teaching practices in information literacy and composition in order to identify those that promote research for understanding.

Controlled Subject

Communication--Research--Methodology

Disciplines

Library and Information Science | Mass Communication

File Format

pdf

File Size

20190 KB

Language

English

Rights

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