Values:
The Invisible ‘Ante’ in Information Literacy Learning?
Benjamin R. Harris
Trinity UniversitySan Antonio, Texas
“…evaluates information and its sources critically and incorporates selected
information into his or her knowledge base and value
system.”
ACRL Competency Standard 3
“…determines whether the knowledge has an impact on the
individual’s value system and takes steps to reconcile the
difference.”
ACRL Competency Standard 3, Indicators
“…investigate different points in the literature.”
“…determine whether to incorporate or reject the viewpoints considered.”
ACRL Competency Standard 3, Outcomes
Bloom’s Process of “Valuing”
Knowledge
Beliefs
Commitment
Comparing Standards
“Compares new knowledge with prior knowledge to determine
value added, contradictions, or other unique characteristics of
the information.”
Information Literacy Standards for Science and Engineering (2006)
“…seeks differing viewpoints…and determines whether to
incorporate or reject the viewpoints encountered.”
Information Literacy Standards for Anthropology and Sociology Students (2008)
Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning
AASL 1998
Australian and New ZealandInformation Literacy Framework
2004
The information literate individual…
“identifies whether there are differing values that underpin new information or whether information has implications for personal values and beliefs.”
Australian and New Zealand Information Literacy Framework (2004)
The information literate individual…
“applies reasoning to determine whether to incorporate or reject viewpoints encountered.”
Australian and New Zealand Information Literacy Framework (2004)
The information literate individual…
“maintains an internally coherent set of values informed by knowledge and
experience.”
Australian and New Zealand Information Literacy Framework (2004)
Information Literacy and Values:
The Invisible Literature
2
Critical Theory and IL
Discourse Communities and IL
The Higher Order
The Options
Fold
Discard and Draw
Let It Ride
Play Out the Hand
Ante:
“a stake put up by the player before the draw”
OED
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