Owning Personal Authority: (Re)-Envisioning How First Year Students Negotiate Information Literacy
Type of Presentation
Panel (1 hour and 15 minutes presentation total for two or more presenters)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Room 212
Proposal
See presentation description.
Short Description
First year students are often confused about why research is a necessary means to an end. Teaching basic research through innovative methods helps students learn ways of analyzing, synthesizing, and integrating creditable research with their opinions. This presentation, Owning Personal Authority: (Re)-envisioning How First Year Students Negotiate Information Literacy, details three instructors’ approaches to teaching information literacy in first year writing.
Keywords
First year students, Basic research instruction, Writing and composition, Information literacy
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Kelly, Elizabeth; Crummey, Michelle; and Smith, Susan, "Owning Personal Authority: (Re)-Envisioning How First Year Students Negotiate Information Literacy" (2012). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 53.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2012/2012/53
Owning Personal Authority: (Re)-Envisioning How First Year Students Negotiate Information Literacy
Room 212
See presentation description.