TY - JOUR
T1 - The construction of information and media literacy in education policy
T2 - A study of Singapore
AU - Lin, Tzu Bin
AU - Wang, Li Yi
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This chapter aims to explore representations of information literacy and media literacy in Singapore's educational discourse as part of its 21st century skills framework. Currently, information literacy and media literacy co-exist in Singapore's education discourse but there is no related work attempting to clarify these two concepts in Singapore or to bridge them to propose an overarching framework. In what ways are these two terminologies identical or different in the local education context? We try to answer this question through reviewing relevant official documents. We start with a review the literature on the global scale regarding information literacy and media literacy. Then, we focus on Singapore to explore how various governmental agencies defining information literacy and media literacy. This chapter, in other words, is a result from a pilot study to understand how information literacy and media literacy is defined and understood in Singapore's education system.
AB - This chapter aims to explore representations of information literacy and media literacy in Singapore's educational discourse as part of its 21st century skills framework. Currently, information literacy and media literacy co-exist in Singapore's education discourse but there is no related work attempting to clarify these two concepts in Singapore or to bridge them to propose an overarching framework. In what ways are these two terminologies identical or different in the local education context? We try to answer this question through reviewing relevant official documents. We start with a review the literature on the global scale regarding information literacy and media literacy. Then, we focus on Singapore to explore how various governmental agencies defining information literacy and media literacy. This chapter, in other words, is a result from a pilot study to understand how information literacy and media literacy is defined and understood in Singapore's education system.
KW - Discourse analysis
KW - Education policy
KW - ICT
KW - Information literacy
KW - Media literacy
KW - Teachers
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U2 - 10.1108/S1876-0562(2013)0000008008
DO - 10.1108/S1876-0562(2013)0000008008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84901288152
VL - 8
SP - 51
EP - 64
JO - Library and Information Science
JF - Library and Information Science
SN - 1876-0562
ER -
