网络侦探研究合作信息素养项目对中学教学的影响英文版.docVIP

Investigating “Internet Detectives”: A Study of the Impact of a Collaborative Information Literacy Project on Teaching and Learning at the Middle School Level Abstract This case study explores the successes and challenges of implementing a district-wide information literacy curriculum in grades 6-8 in a small Midwestern city in the United States. This multi-year project, dubbed “Internet Detectives,” was designed to help students and teachers develop skills in accessing, evaluating, and annotating information found on the Internet and to foster collaboration between classroom teachers and school librarians. Through questionnaires, interviews, and focus groups, all staff directly involved in “Internet Detectives” at four of the middle schools were asked to reflect on the project, and school librarians at the remaining seven middle schools were interviewed regarding their role in implementing the curriculum. This study revealed that instruction for information literacy became embedded in the school where the school librarian provided consistent leadership and where the principal actively supported the project. The most effective staff development occurred when teachers participated with the students in the instruction provided by the librarians. In addition, the student-written annotations for the school district’s virtual library proved to be good indicators of the students’ writing skills, but they were poor tools for assessing their information literacy competency. This paper includes additional findings, the practical implications of the study, and suggestions for further research.  During the 2000-2001 school year, a team of educators in the school district of a small city in the Midwestern region of the United States launched a project designed to help students and teachers develop skills in accessing, evaluating, and annotating information found on the Internet. This multi-year project, called “Internet Detectives,” fostered a collaboration amon