Alfabetización en información: ¿qué habilidades tienen los niños uruguayos?
| Main Authors: | Abeiro, Marcela, Bonomi, Ana, García-Rivadulla, Sandra, Olascoaga, Natalia |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | es |
| Terbitan: |
, 2007
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/9884/1/alfin_uruguay.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/9884/ |
Daftar Isi:
- The society in which we live demands people able to use and evaluate information in different formats. Information literacy is now an essential requisite to become active citizens. It is crucial that this learning process begins in early stages of people’s development and continue through all their lives. The purpose of this research project was to assess what information skills Uruguayan children have, offering valuable insight on issues never studied before in Uruguay. A questionnaire was developed and applied to 250 children in 6th grade (11-12-year-old) in 7 public and 3 private schools (selected to represent different socioeconomic contexts) in Montevideo. This study was based primarily on the children point of view, but also explores librarians and teachers impressions, and it’s exploratory and descriptive in nature. Data analysis revealed that Uruguayan children have limited information skills and that there are significative differences between socioeconomic contexts. Teachers and school librarians who were interviewed had a lower assessment of children's skills than the children did of themselves. They also regarded the need to improve them as essential. It concludes with a reflection on the need to enhance these skills. Students, teachers and librarians ́ understanding of the importance of information skills is fundamental for students having the lead of their own learning.