Ideology and Critical Self-Reflection in Information Literacy Instruction
Information literacy instruction traditionally focuses on evaluating a source for bias, relevance, and timeliness, and rightfully so; this critical perspective is vital to a well-formed research process. However, this process is incomplete without a similar focus on the potential biases that the stu...
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Communications in Information Literacy
2015-12-01
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| description | Information literacy instruction traditionally focuses on evaluating a source for bias, relevance, and timeliness, and rightfully so; this critical perspective is vital to a well-formed research process. However, this process is incomplete without a similar focus on the potential biases that the student brings to his or her interactions with information. This paper describes a case study of a semester-long information literacy course that utilized neo-Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser's figurations of ideology and ideological state apparatuses as a site of critical self-reflection for students and a method by which students could become empowered to recognize themselves as not just consumers, but shapers of discourse. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cad97d04393a43a4ad9aee945f34ed772022-12-22T00:48:08ZengCommunications in Information LiteracyCommunications in Information Literacy1933-59542015-12-019214515610.15760/comminfolit.2015.9.2.191Ideology and Critical Self-Reflection in Information Literacy InstructionJessica Critten0University of West GeorgiaInformation literacy instruction traditionally focuses on evaluating a source for bias, relevance, and timeliness, and rightfully so; this critical perspective is vital to a well-formed research process. However, this process is incomplete without a similar focus on the potential biases that the student brings to his or her interactions with information. This paper describes a case study of a semester-long information literacy course that utilized neo-Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser's figurations of ideology and ideological state apparatuses as a site of critical self-reflection for students and a method by which students could become empowered to recognize themselves as not just consumers, but shapers of discourse.http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/22371ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education; information literacy; critical information literacy; critical pedagogy; ideology; hegemony; praxis |
| spellingShingle | Jessica Critten Ideology and Critical Self-Reflection in Information Literacy Instruction Communications in Information Literacy ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education; information literacy; critical information literacy; critical pedagogy; ideology; hegemony; praxis |
| title | Ideology and Critical Self-Reflection in Information Literacy Instruction |
| title_full | Ideology and Critical Self-Reflection in Information Literacy Instruction |
| title_fullStr | Ideology and Critical Self-Reflection in Information Literacy Instruction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ideology and Critical Self-Reflection in Information Literacy Instruction |
| title_short | Ideology and Critical Self-Reflection in Information Literacy Instruction |
| title_sort | ideology and critical self reflection in information literacy instruction |
| topic | ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education; information literacy; critical information literacy; critical pedagogy; ideology; hegemony; praxis |
| url | http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/22371 |
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