Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Whitworth, Andrew
• A Whitworth Staff

Titel

Information obesity

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, [England] ; : Chandos Publishing,

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Link zum Volltext

• Elsevier Books AutoHoldings

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Cover; Information Obesity; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; The website; Introduction; About the author; Thanks; Part 1: Information and technology in the world; 1Information as a resource; 2Valuing information; 3The shaping of information and technology; Part 2: The impact of information technology; 4A brief history of ICT; 5Literacy and counterknowledge; 6Computer and information literacy; Part 3: Critical theory; 7Critical social science; 8The colonisation of the lifeworld; 9How organisations affect the way we think; Part 4: Combating information obesity
• 10Information obesity and romantic understanding11From problem-based learning to transformative learning; 12Connecting learners and teachers to the community; 13Three examples; Conclusion; Annotated reading list; References; Index
• An exploration of information literacy and ICT skills education from the point of view of social and political theory. The author incorporates theories to argue why the idea of information literacy is so important in the 21st century, and also to develop teaching strategies to this end. The book argues that only through expanding the range of information literacy education taking it beyond just formal school and university education and into homes, friendship networks and workplaces can we construct an effective educational response to information technology in the 21st century. Information li
• English
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 09, 2014).