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Information Literacy in the Disciplines

This guide contains links and citations to information literacy standards and curricula developed by accrediting agencies, professional associations, and institutions of higher education

Information Literacy in the Disciplines: Education

The ACRL IS Information Literacy in the Disciplines Committee has gathered links and citations to information literacy standards and curricula developed by accrediting agencies, professional associations, and institutions of higher education in Education.

1. Standards and Guidelines from Accrediting Agencies and Professional Associations

2. Related Research

Adams, Nancy E., Maureen A. Gaffney, and Valerie Lynn. 2016. “The Role of Evidence-Based Practice in Collaborations Between Academic Librarians and Education Faculty.” Portal: Libraries and the Academy 16, no. 4: 697-720.

Brown, Susan, and Janice R. Walker. 2017. “Information Literacy Preparation of Pre-Service and Graduate Educators.” In Information Literacy: Research and Collaboration Across Disciplines edited by Barbara J. D’Angelo, Sandra Jamieson, Barry Maid and Janice R. Walker, 271-285. Fort Collins: WAC Clearinghouse.

Dahlqvist, Claes. 2021. “Information-Seeking Behaviours of Teacher Students: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Methods Literature.” Education for Information 37 (3): 259–85.

DiGiacomo, Daniela Kruel, Erica Hodgin, Joseph Kahne, Samia Alkam, and Caitlin Taylor. 2023. “Assessing the State of Media Literacy Policy in U.S. K-12 Schools.” Journal of Children and Media 17 (3): 336–52.

Donaldson, Katherine, Laura Bonella, Lisa Becksford, Josette Kubicki, and Sarah Parramore. 2022. “Liaising in the 21st Century: The Shifting Role of the Education Librarian.” Education Libraries 45 (February).

Garcia, Madelyn. 2022. “Socially Shared Inquiry with Media and Information Literacy Teachers: Gaps and Ways Forward.” Learning, Media and Technology 47 (4): 485–97.

Godbey, Samantha, Susan Beth Wainscott, and Xan Goodman. 2017. Disciplinary Applications of Information Literacy Threshold Concepts. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries. [Chapters 12, 16 and 24 are related to teacher education and information literacy]

Godbey, Samantha. 2018. “Testing Future Teachers: A Quantitative Exploration of Factors Impacting the Information Literacy of Teacher Education Students.” College & Research Libraries 79, no. 5: 611-623.

Ntuli, Esther, and Lydia Kyei-Blankson. 2016. “Improving K-12 Online Learning: Information Literacy Skills for Teacher Candidates.” International Journal of Information And Communication Technology Education 12, no. 3: 38-50.

Purcell, Sarah, and Rachel Barrell. 2014. “The Value of Collaboration: Raising Confidence and Skills in Information Literacy with First Year Initial Teacher Education Students.” Journal of Information Literacy 8, no. 2: 56-70.

3. Adaptable Instructional Materials

ACRL Framework for Information Literacy Sandbox (Education search)

PRIMO (Peer-reviewed Instructional Materials Online Database)

Education-specific resources from Project CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments)