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Literacy and Information [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 Information campaigns aimed at empowering the poor often fall short of meeting their desired aims. We study literacy's role in determining their efficacy. First, exploiting an RD design, we show that receipt of information increased household rice receipts by 30 percentage points.
Tohari, Achmad +2 more
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INFORMATION LITERACIES AND DIGITAL LITERACIES
CONTECSI International Conference on Information Systems and Technology Management, 2019 O objetivo deste trabalho é promover um estudo sobre como a demanda do mercado por habilidades em informação impulsionou a formação de profissionais nesse ramo e influenciou o estudo das literacias da informação e digitais desde os primeiros anos do ensino básico até os cursos superiores de graduação e profissionalizantes.
FRANCISCO CARLOS PALETTA +1 more
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Information Literacy in Brazil [PDF]
, 2014 The Brazilian government focuses on the economy, thus national education policy is on the back burner, receiving less financial resources. This increases educational problems. Economic development occurs when information literacy is considered important; however we must consider multiple factors such as human and social development which is the outcome
Ottonicar, Selma Letícia Capinzaiki +1 more
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Playful Information Literacy: Play and information Literacy in Higher Education [PDF]
Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education, 2015 It is often difficult to address higher level information literacy skills in Higher Education. This paper argues if we see information literacy as contextual rather than an absolute list of competencies, then play can give us a route to developing those higher level skills.It takes a social constructivist approach in defining information literacy ...
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The arrival of information literacy
Information Development, 2015 Paul Zurkowski coined the term Information Literacy in 1974, since then it has evolved into a dynamic research area within library and information science, with many milestones achieved in Europe and the United States, reflected in English-written literature.
Machin Mastromatteo, Juan D., Lau, Jesus
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Media and Information Literacy
DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 2021 Paul G. Zurkowski was the first to introduce the term information literacy in 1974 to describe the techniques and skills necessary for utilizing “a wide range of information tools and primary sources”. It also included the ability to measure information value to “mold information to [meet] needs” and to create solutions to problems.1-2 Since then ...
M. Saraswati Rao, Chennupati K. Ramaiah
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Political Literacy as Information Literacy
Comminfolit, 2009 This paper contends that political literacy and information literacy are compatible concepts that are inextricably linked and should therefore be taught and stressed simultaneously to students in the classroom. Improving the information literacy and political literacy skills of students will allow them to not only perform better academically, but also ...
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Information Literacy, “New” Literacies, and Literacy
The Library Quarterly, 2009 Literacy was once thought to be well understood and well defined. However, it has been argued that the digital world has disrupted previous notions of literacy, supplanting them with “new” forms of literacies—first in various new literacy studies and now in the library and information science (LIS) scholarship as it applies to information literacy (IL).
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Pediatric rheumatologic diseases (PRDs) are characterized by high rates of anxiety and depression known to impact health‐related outcomes. We present guidance statements to assess and manage mental health concerns for youth with PRDs in pediatric rheumatology practice.
Natoshia R. Cunningham +21 more
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