Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2006

Journal Title

Michigan Journal of Teacher Education

Volume

3

Issue

2

First Page

31

Last Page

36

Abstract

This article defines information literacy and how information literacy skills are important to education faculty and students. Education students are being prepared to assume their roles as teachers without realizing some of the important skills that are necessary for that role, such as information literacy. Teacher education students need to develop good information literacy skills so they can pass those skills on to their own students. In a qualitative study of teacher education students in a beginning-level professional education class, involving students in a hands-on activity involving information literacy resulted in teacher education student papers that were richer and better prepared.

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