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Religious information literacy: Using information to learn in church community
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In this paper, the authors explore the nature of informed learning in the context of the church as a learning community and explore how information can be used to grow faith, develop relationships, manage the church and respond to religious knowledge, which support the pursuit of spiritual wellness and the cultivation of lifelong learning.Abstract:
What informs members of the church community as they learn? Do the ways people engage with information differ according to the circumstances in which they learn? Informed learning, or the ways in which people use information in the learning experience and the degree to which they are aware of that, has become a focus of contemporary information literacy research. This essay explores the nature of informed learning in the context of the church as a learning community. It is anticipated that insights resulting from this exploration may help church organisations, church leaders and lay people to consider how information can be used to grow faith, develop relationships, manage the church and respond to religious knowledge, which support the pursuit of spiritual wellness and the cultivation of lifelong learning. Information professionals within the church community and the broader information profession are encouraged to foster their awareness of the impact that engagement with information has in the learning experience and in the prioritising of lifelong learning in community contexts.read more
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Fashion Me a People: Curriculum in the Church . By Harris Maria. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox, 1989. 204 pages. $14.95 (paper).
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Learning to use information: Informed learning in the undergraduate classroom
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate how students learn to use information and subject content simultaneously in an informed learning lesson and find that some students understood the lesson to be about researching and writing an academic paper and others understood it as focusing on understanding both subject content and information use simultaneously.
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Towards an everyday life information literacy mind-set: a review of literature
TL;DR: Information literacy (IL) within the everyday life context is regarded as an important condition for civic participation and engagement, informed citizenship, health and well-being However, compared to the significant amount of IL research within educational and workplace settings, there has been relatively little research in relation to the value of IL within everyday life situations as mentioned in this paper.
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Experiencing religious information literacy: informed learning in church communities
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how people use information to learn in the context of a church community and identify five ways of experiencing religious information literacy: growing faith, developing relationships, managing the church, serving church communities and reaching out beyond church communities.
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Towards an everyday life information literacy mind-set: A review of literature
TL;DR: This research area is still in its infancy and more varied contexts need to be explored to nurture a robust understanding of the use and impact of IL in people’s everyday lives.
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Learning and awareness
Ference Marton,Shirley Booth +1 more
TL;DR: A Pedagogy of Awareness as mentioned in this paper is a pedagogical approach to the understanding of the world around us that is based on the idea of Phenomenography. But it does not address the qualitative differences in learning.
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Towards an understanding of information literacy in context Implications for research
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Something Old, Something New: Preliminary Findings from an Exploratory Study about People's Information Habits and Information Grounds.
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The information-seeking behavior of pastoral clergy : A study of the interaction of their work worlds and work roles
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