An Information Literacy Tutorial for the Valencian Educational Context (Spain)

Authors

  • Rosa Maria Guerrero-Vives University of Balearic Islands (UIB)
  • Maria Dolores Rubio-Mifsud Institute of Valencian Librarians and Documentalists (COBDCV) Polytechnic University of Valencia
  • Mercè Morey-López University of Balearic Islands (UIB)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/iasl7497

Keywords:

Information Literacy, Secondary Education, Teacher Education, Information Literacy Tutorials, Critical Thinking, Secondary Education Students, València (Spain), Spain

Abstract

This paper presents an IL tutorial developed by the School Libraries Working Group from the Institute of Valencian Librarians and Documentalists and the Research Group on Education and Citizenship from the University of Balearic Islands (Spain). Firstly, a description of the information literacy training in Spanish educational centers is given. Secondly, the contents of the tutorial are explained. This tutorial has been developed by following the Three-Phase Model (Blasco and Durban, 2011), a model scientifically acknowledged and widely used in the Spanish context. Moreover, recommendations from educational researches and other IL tutorials are considered as well. Finally, an assessment tool is presented with the aim of improving this instrument and to adapt it to the real needs of teachers and students. The first assessment of this tutorial will be developed during the Doctoral Forum that will be celebrated on June-July 2015 in Maastricht.

Author Biographies

Rosa Maria Guerrero-Vives, University of Balearic Islands (UIB)

Rosa Maria Guerrero-Vives has worked as a documentalist at the University of Balearic Islands in Palma, Spain, since 2008; her main research topic is Information Literacy in the Secondary Education. She has investigated how do teachers promote IL skills in their classrooms. Recently, she has trained Valencian teachers in IL skills through the online training platform of the COBDCV.

Maria Dolores Rubio-Mifsud, Institute of Valencian Librarians and Documentalists (COBDCV) Polytechnic University of Valencia

Maria Dolores Rubio-Mifsud has worked as a documentalist and as a Librarian in different public libraries and information centers in Spain, since 2006. Nowadays, one of her professional duties are related with analyzing and improving studying abilities of young users at the library. She also manages documentation, reading clubs and activities.

Mercè Morey-López, University of Balearic Islands (UIB)

Mercè Morey-López is working as a Researcher and as a Professor at the University of Balearic Islands in Palma, Spain; her research career is focused on following fields: Intercultural Education, Information Literacy and Academic Integrity. Her recent publications include: the article "Plagiarism and academic performance among students of Secondary Education" in the journal Estudios sobre educación (2013) and the article entitled "Detection levels of academic plagiarism by teachers of Secondary Education: analysis according to their areas of expertise and measures taken" in the journal Revista de Estudios Pedagógicos (accepted in 2014, to be published in 2015).

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Published

2021-02-22