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Mapping Information Landscapes, 9781783304172
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This is the first book to study how the political content of information literacy arises from the way it has become defined and is taught. It introduces new methods for research into the development of IL in learners and explores the implications of this research for the design of IL teaching, both …

Mapping Information Landscapes

new methods for exploring the development and teaching of information literacy

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    272 pages

  • Release Date

    26 June 2020

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Summary

Mapping Information Landscapes presents the first in-depth study of the educational implications of the idea of information literacy as ‘the capacity to map and navigate an information landscape’. Written by a leading researcher in the field, it investigates how teachers and learners can use mapping in developing their ability to make informed judgements about information, in specific places and times.

Central to the argument is the notion that the geographical and information lands…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781783304172
ISBN-10:1783304170
Author:Andrew Whitworth
Publisher:Facet Publishing
Imprint:Facet Publishing
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:26 June 2020
Weight:482g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
Series:Facet Studies In Information Literacy
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Critics Review

I would recommend this book to information professionals who would like a fresh take and inspiration on how to present information and engage learners. Others in the education sector would also benefit from the insight into the information world and how learners can be engaged in its navigation.

– Helen Bond, Journal of Information Literacy

About The Author

Andrew Whitworth

Andrew Whitworth is Director of Teaching and Learning Strategy at the Manchester Institute of Education. He was previously a senior lecturer and Programme Director (and initiator) of the MA: Digital Technologies, Communication and Education at the University of Manchester. He was a keynote speaker at the 2017 European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL2017) and is the author of Information Obesity (Chandos, 2009) and Radical Information Literacy (Chandos, 2014).

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