Teaching information literacy using the short story
Abstract
Stories are powerful teaching tools because of their potential to stimulate the imagination of students and engage them with the material. The short story gives meaning to abstract concepts, aids memory, makes learning fun, and is time efficient. This article explains the approach to teaching information literacy through the use of short stories, including how to create vivid connections to the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. Provides course instructors with examples of how the short story can be used as a platform to discuss information literacy standards.
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Citation
Brier, D.J. and Kaye Lebbin, V. (2004), "Teaching information literacy using the short story", Reference Services Review, Vol. 32 No. 4, pp. 383-387. https://doi.org/10.1108/00907320410569734
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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