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Information Literacy: Identification of Factors Affecting Undergraduate Students (대학생의 정보리터러시에 영향을 미치는 요인 분석)

  • Oh, Eui-Kyung;Chang, Hye-Rhan
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.207-231
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    • 2005
  • The study Is attempted to identify the factors affecting information literacy among undergraduate students. Through literature review, exposure to related education, use experiences in information resources, advice of the faculty, individual background are considered as variables affecting information literacy attitudes and performance. A questionnaire was devised and collected data from 628 students. Then 24 hypotheses were tested statistically. Descriptive analysis shows differences in information literacy, lower exposure to library instruction, and lack of the faculty advice. Results of the hypotheses testing shows computer and internet education, use experience of the various information resources, gender and major areas of study as factors affecting information literacy. Based on the results, recommendations are suggested to improve the information literacy.

Alternative Measures for Improvement of Information Literacy as Cross Curricula under the National Curriculum in Korea (국가 수준 교육과정에서 범 교육과정으로서의 정보 활용 능력 위상 강화 방안)

  • Song, Gi-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.29-50
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    • 2011
  • An aim of this study is to analyze status of information literacy and propose some ways strengthening its role as a cross-curriculum. Analyses show that information literacy is a basic competency of creative person composing the educational human figure under the national curriculum in Korea. In the school knowledge, its position is a procedural knowledge to create new ideas, also it is a interdisciplinary thinking skill under the instructional method. Therefore, information literacy instruction covering media and ICT literacy should exist as a main cross-curriculum to be a selective subject in the national curriculum. And finally, one of learning skills, its definition should be cleary stated such as information research and access, information analyses and interpretation, information synthesize and presentation.

The Effect of Teacher Librarian's Information Literacy on Library-Assisted Instruction (사서교사의 정보활용능력이 도서관활용수업에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Seung-Gil
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.161-180
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is on Effect of Teacher Librarian Information Literacy on Library-Assisted Instruction and on searching the method of increasing the Information Literacy. The result of this study indicates that there is no statistically meaningful between the Library-Assisted Instruction and Teacher Librarian's Information Literacy. However the School Library-Assisted Instruction extremely lacks forming a scheme and Information Literacy extremely lacks Information seeking Therefore subject teachers and the librarian teachers need to reinforce the cooperation to reinvigorate the School Library-Assisted Instruction and systematic training program of Information seeking have to be practiced to increase Librarian Teacher's Information Literacy.

A Study on the Information Literacy of Public Library in Elementary School Students (공공도서관의 초등학생 대상 정보활용교육 실시에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Seung-Gil
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.63-83
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    • 2006
  • At the public library, one researcher analyzed the present condition. Information literacy was conducted among elementary school students to seek a better solution through the consideration of the features of the public library. This study was done because the education functional status of the public library was reinforced and also increased the need for the information literacy In this study, Improved plan for the information literacy operation which considers the public library's features, was offered according to the facilities, materials, librarian. student and information literacy program and the improved plan for the information literacy was offered according to the education preparation. education method and education progress.

Development of ASEAN Network Model on Information Literacy

  • Sacchanand, Chutima
    • Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.18-29
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    • 2022
  • This study aimed at overviewing the situation of information literacy education and research in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, and developing an ASEAN network model on information literacy. This research used documentary and qualitative research methods. Key resources consisted of twenty bibliometric studies and related documents and two groups of key persons. The first group consisted of twenty-seven purposive key persons from eight countries, and the second group consisted of seven key persons from five countries. The research instruments comprised a data collection form and focus group/ interviewing forms. Data was collected by focus group discussion and online interviews, and qualitative content analysis was used in data analysis and presented descriptively. Research findings showed that: 1) information literacy education and research in the ASEAN region varied across countries and placed importance on the educational context. Singapore was found to be the most leading and productive country in ASEAN in information literacy with the highest number of journal articles on the international scale, and was among the most contributing groups at the regional and global level; 2) the ASEAN Network on Information Literacy (ASEAN-NIL) has been developed as a model with its principles, objectives, management system, activities, and promotion strategies. Its strengths are an integrated scope, multidimensional orientation, and interdisciplinary and collaborative partnerships at the national, regional, and international level, suitable for the ASEAN context, the online environment, and the digital educational ecosystem.

A Study on the Gender Difference in Mathematical Literacy from the PISA (학업성취도 국제 비교 연구(PISA)에 나타난 수학적 소양의 성별 차이에 대한 고찰)

  • 박경미;최승현
    • The Mathematical Education
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.319-328
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    • 2002
  • The PISA(Program for International Student Assessment), an international comparative study supervised by OECD, aims at producing reliable and internationally comparable indicators of students' literacy in reading, mathematics, and science. In mathematical literacy, Korean students ranked the 2nd out of the 32 participating countries in PISA. This result is very encouraging in the sense that the scores in the mathematical literacy are a forecasting indicator for the mathematical level of future citizens who are supposed to lead their countries in every field. However, Korean students showed the largest gender difference in mathematical literacy, indicating that male students achieved significantly higher scores than female counterparts. With the consideration that mathematics plays a key role in determining the overall achievement level and influences on the long-term career opportunities, it is necessary to pay more attention to the gender difference in mathematical literacy, and make an effort to reduce it to enhance the overall intelligence level of Korean human resources.

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Health Literacy, Diabetic Knowledge, and Diabetic Self-care among Foreign Diabetic Patients at a Hospital in South Korea (일개 상급종합병원을 이용하는 미국과 유럽계 외국인 당뇨 환자의 건강정보이해능력, 당뇨지식, 당뇨자가간호)

  • Koh, Eun Ae;Park, Hyojung
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.397-405
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate health literacy, diabetic knowledge, and diabetic self-care among foreign diabetic patients at a hospital in South Korea. Methods: Participants was 134 foreign patients diagnosed with diabetes and who understand English. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 20.0. Results: Health literacy significantly differed with HbA1c levels, whereas diabetic knowledge significantly differed with education levels, and time since diagnosed. Diabetic self-care significantly differed with time since the diagnosis. Health literacy significantly differed with diabetic knowledge and diabetic self-care. There was a correlation between health literacy and diabetic knowledge and between diabetic knowledge and diabetic self-care but not between health literacy and diabetic self-care. Conclusion: There are significant results on health literacy, diabetic knowledge and diabetic self-care. Subject with adequate health literacy had high scores on diabetic knowledge and self-care.

Assessment of Middle School Student's Environmental Literacy and Analysis of Predictors for It (중학생의 환경소양 평가 및 환경소양에 영향을 주는 요인 탐색)

  • Ko, Hee-Ryung;Lee Eun-Ah;Chu, Hye-Eun;Shin, Dong-Hee
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.144-153
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate middle school student's environmental literacy level and variables that affect their environmental literacy. Of the students, 987 in 7th grade from big cities, medium sized cities and mountain areas participated in this study, and their environmental literacy was measured through 88 questions (27 items for knowledge, 27 items for attitude, 25 items for behavior, 9 items for skill) with 14 demographic variables. Forty-five minutes were given to answer the questions. Statistical analysis was conducted on each of the categories(knowledge, attitude, behavior, skill) that make up environmental literacy and factor analysis was also conducted to investigate variables that affect environmental literacy. Results indicated that the correlation between attitude and behavior is the strongest. Also, it was found that a demographic variable might affect one, two, or sometimes all categories of the environmental literacy. Especially students' perceptions, knowledge and attitude of science positively affect all categories of environmental literacy.

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An Analysis of Information Literacy Instruction for College Students (정보활용 교양교육에 대한 수강생의 수용 양태에 관한 연구)

  • Choi Sanghee;Park Myung-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.121-137
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    • 2005
  • The objective of this study is to provide a basis for information literacy instruction in college education. For this purpose, assignments and surveys were distributed to the students in a 3 credit course that deals with the characteristics of information society and information literacy competency. Assignments and surveys were about identification of the information needed and access to the needed information, since that is the first step for the information seeking process. The results were analysed by qualitative methods.

An Exploratory Study on the Effectiveness of Information Literacy Education for College Students (대학생을 위한 정보활용능력 교육의 효과에 관한 실증연구)

  • Kim, Sung-Eun;Lee, Myeong-Hee
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.91-115
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    • 2007
  • This research has been done to evaluate a curricular model for the information literacy course and verify its effectiveness in a regular class. The pretest and the post-test which comprised the same 47 questions were executed to 135 students in an information literacy-related course. On the basis of the results, some general conclusions and suggestions for improving the quality of information literacy course were made.

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