How does teacher students describe their preparation during their teacher education programmes so that they in the future are able to support their students’ information literacy? The latest curriculum, Lgr 11 of the Swedish elementary school have increased the demands on students’ digital abilities. These abilities largely include searching for and selecting information. Students should also develop a critical approach to information. The aim of the study is to contribute with knowledge about the participants experiences of preparation during the education in order to develop their future elementary school students’ information literacy. In this study, information literacy is described as the ability to define information needs and find and critically evaluate suitable sources in order to then be able to use the information in an adequate manner. Information literacy is studied from a sociocultural perspective where information searching is linked to different social contexts. Qualitative interviews were conducted with six teacher students. Socio-cultural theory has been helpful in the content analysis of the empirical material. The results show that the participants describe themselves as secure digital users. Nevertheless, they do not feel that they are sufficiently prepared from their teacher education programmes to meet their future students’ information literacy and needs. They furthermore wish for theory to be linked in a more concrete way to practice during the education.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hb-24927 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Vannerberg, Annika |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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