Class Room Integration of Search Literacy (SL) and Information Literacy (IL) Skills

The solution for the beauty of effective and faster communication in today’s system of education should be in SL. Knowledge of SL helps the learners to be able to find information at much faster speed than the traditional opening of pages after another which is time consuming and tedious.  UNESCO conceptualizes IL as being concerned with teaching and learning about the whole range of information sources and formats.

IL forms the basis for lifelong learning. It is commonalities in all disciplines, to all learning environments and to all levels of education.

IL enables learners to master content and become more self-directed, and assume greater control over their own learning, IL should be introduced wherever possible within school curricula as well as in tertiary and lifelong education so that learners are able to identify, search, locate, retrieve and above all critically evaluate information from a range of appropriate sources.

The skills implied by this conception of IL require an understanding of amongst others:

»» The resources available;

»» How to find information;

»» The need to evaluate results;

»» How to work with or exploit results;

»» Ethical and responsible use;

»» How to communicate or share your findings;

»» How to manage your findings

The following are some of the benefits of IL integration to school curriculum:

»» Students acquire a clearer understanding of the research process

»» Students produce better assignments and research papers

»» Students use a wide variety of information resources

»» Students evaluate information critically and systematically

»» Plagiarism can be discussed and addressed more effectively

»» It contributes to improved student success and student retention.

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