Exploring the information literacy competence standards for elementary and high school teachers

The main purpose of this study was to establish Information Literacy Competence Standards for Elementary and High School Teachers. To establish these standards a set of two expert round-table discussions and three rounds of Delphi Technique surveys were employed. Ten participants including field scholars, information professionals were invited to the expert round-table for open discussions on definitions, framework, and items of information literacy competence. A questionnaire for the ``Delphi Technique Survey'' was developed based on the results acquired from the round-table discussions. The resulting questionnaire was distributed to another group of 33 participants which included graduate school deans of Information Education, professors, school principals, department directors and teachers, and information professionals. After three rounds of Delphi Technique Surveys with these participants, the ``Information Literacy Competence Standards for Elementary and High School Te...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: CE
• Authors: Jia-Rong Wen, Wen-Ling Shih
• Keywords: CE 2008, Delphi Technique Surveys, Information Literacy Competence, Literacy Competence Standards