Information Literacy and Outcomes-Based Education in South Africa in the 21st Century: The Challenge of Disparities

Authors

  • Sandy Zinn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/iasl8129

Abstract

In the six years since South Africa's first democratic election, there have been fundamental changes in our educational policy. An outcomes-based approach to education was introduced to Grade I in 1998. This paper will sketch some of our progressive, timely educational policies and the challenges of implementing them. It will examine the multilingual nature of South African society and its effects on publishing learning support material for outcomes-based education. This paper purports that information literacy as a cognitive concept was an idea ahead of its time in South Africa. With the low percentage of school librarians, how can we be positive for the future of school librarianship? The possibilities are there, and we have to grasp them with both hands. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are making inroads into our sites of learning. Information literacy is, in fact, emerging with strong links to the ICT world. Where are school librarians in all of this?

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Published

2021-03-23