Pamela McKinney|Myles Jones|Sandra Turkington
Information literacy through inquiry
University of Sheffield|University of Sheffield|Scottish Government
purpose paper aims report evaluation curriculum development project took place department psychology university sheffield project funded centre excellence teaching learning cilass sought embed information literacy development level one module using inquirybased learning pedagogical approach students worked collaboratively find news stories purportedly based real psychological research searched related research paper reflected task differences two sources part assessed work module designmethodologyapproach paper synthesizes results number evaluation instruments questionnaire information literacy competency test focus group student reflective work examine staff student perceptions inquiry task effective task building students information literacy theory change evaluation methodology used define scope evaluation activities findings sconul seven pillars information literacy model used structure findings various evaluation methods students developed knowledge ability search appropriate academic resources although demonstrated preference searching via google scholar web knowledge originalityvalue students demonstrated reflective comments developed significant abilities compare evaluate news stories journal articles although reported lack confidence abilities postgraduate tutors thought inquiry task successful developing students information literacy students staff responded positively ability choose topics interest investigate