The information literacy self-efficacy of disadvantaged teachers in South Africa

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2013

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Springer

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The aim of this study was to gauge teachers� information literacy self-efficacy thereby eliciting clues to possible gaps in teachers� knowledge and skills which could be addressed during an information literacy education course. Twenty nine teachers completed a pre-and post-course information literacy questionnaire. The teachers were part of a school librarianship programme offered at the University of the Western Cape. The results of the study indicate that the intervention of the course had a positive effect on teachers� information literacy.

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Information literacy, Teachers, Self-efficacy

Citation

Zinn, S.E. (2013). The information literacy self-efficacy of disadvantaged teachers in South Africa. In Kurbano?lu, S. et al. (eds) Worldwide commonalities and challenges in information literacy research and practice. Revised selected papers of the European Conference on Information Literacy, Istanbul, 22-25 October 2013. Cham: Springer pp. 212-218