Current state of information literacy awareness and practices in primary and secondary public schools in Jakarta

Diao, Ai Lien and Chandrawati, Titi (2005) Current state of information literacy awareness and practices in primary and secondary public schools in Jakarta. Project Report. Atma Jaya Catholic & Open University, Jakarta.

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Abstract

The aims of this studyare:1.to assess the awareness and practices of information literacy in public schools in Jakarta2.to identify the role, readiness, and requirements of school libraries in promoting information literacy3.to develop suggestion for appropriate action plans forthe involvement of school librariesin the development of an information literate societyTo achieve the above objectives, this study employed mostly survey methods. In addition, interviews were carried out only to confirm and enrich the survey’s results. Schools were selected using stratified sampling. The sampling criteria were the schools’ performances in national final exams, since these were more related to information literacy awareness and practices than rural-urban criteria. Unfortunately, there were no national final exams for elementary schools. For these schools we used other criteria. From these schools we were able to obtain responses from 66 school principals, 199 teachers, and 60 persons in charge of libraries.This study found out that there was still poor awareness and practices of information literacy in public schools under study. There were a lot of improvement of the schools’ and libraries’ visions, missions, curriculum, resources, and practices in this field

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