College: We Make the Road by Walking

By Margit Misangyi Watts

Unique in perspective, this book connects the personal to the scholarly, showing readers "why" information literacy is important to an individual's life. Designed as a workbook, it consists of a number of readings, activities, writing assignments, connections to service learning, words from the business community, student writing, journals, technology tips, and essays on the value of information literacy. It introduces readers to the major components of scholarship, to the nature of investigation, ways of knowing, the concept of information literacy, how and why scholarship is created in an academic environment, and how each readerpersonally can contribute to the creation--and dissemination of knowledge. Beginning with personal narratives, readers focus on the value of knowledge, how past knowledge is understood in the present, how new knowledge is created, and how knowledge is used to create the future. Readers clearly see howthey are responsible for making their information literacy "trip" interesting, meaningful, and significant. Learning. Your Story. Style and Intelligence. Values and Perspectives. Reality and Truth. Ways of Knowing. Information and Knowledge. Discourse. Research. Beyond the Classroom. Service Learning. Reflection. For anyone interested in information literacy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130987565
• ISBN13: 9780130987563
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 10.8"

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Good book for College

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