Communicative competence in the information age: Towards a critical theory of information literacy education

dc.creator	Dr. Andrew Whitworth
dc.date	2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:19:08Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:19:08Z
dc.identifier	1473-7507
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/bee10ea74e664daca3f8cc8ceb17cb36
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/19634
dc.description	Insights developed from critical social science, particularly the work of Jürgen Habermas, are used to analyse the development of information literacy as a subject and its contemporary definitions. The challenges facing information literacy educators are located in potential contradictions between the subject’s strategic, technical elements and its more critical, communicative and social aspects. The critical potential of information literacy can also suggest why it is politically sensitive, and may struggle to attract status and funding.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Higher Education Academy Subject Network for Information & Computer Sciences
dc.relation	http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/italics/vol5-1/pdf/Whitworth_final.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1473-7507
dc.source	ITALICS, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2006)
dc.subject	critical pedagogy
dc.subject	information society
dc.subject	data smog
dc.subject	Habermas and societal learning
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Communicative competence in the information age: Towards a critical theory of information literacy education
dc.type	article