ISKB53 Literacy in the Information Society: Selected Questions

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020

The course is not taught in Spring 2020

Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavlína Mazáčová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Pavlína Mazáčová, Ph.D.
Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Alice Lukavská
Supplier department: Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
The course has no compulsory prerequisites.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
Course objectives
The course further develops (contextually or more specifically the point of view) a field of curriculum focusing on the educational aspects of the learning information society. The aim of the course is to provide students with interesting and transdisciplinary themes based on the phenomenon of literacy. Based on critical reading, reflection and work with case studies and sources, students will gain a deeper understanding of the theoretical and application contexts in which we can look at literacy in the field of Information Studies and Librarianship.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course student:
- understand terms that are the educational content of the subject;
- understands the position and importance of literacy in a historical and comparative perspective;
- can search and process information resources dealing with literacy;
- can analytically work with thematic materials;
- is able to conceive a professional text that focuses on literacy with a specific approach and has a publication overlap in the field of practice
Syllabus
  • The concept of literacy, literacy and individual in historical development;
  • Functional literacy;
  • New Literacy and 21st Century;
  • Literacy in Competency Education Approach;
  • Literacy in the curriculum of formal education;
  • Literacy in lifelong learning;
  • Literacy and memory institutions;
  • Literacy and Technology;
  • Psychosocial Aspects in the Development of Literacy of the 21st Century;
  • Literacy and Information Age - Opportunities and Threats;
  • Literacy in research theory and practice;
  • Presentation of outputs;
  • Final joint reflection
Literature
    recommended literature
  • WARNER, Dorothy. A disciplinary blueprint for the assessment of information literacy. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2008. ISBN 9781591585930.
  • GEE, James Paul. Literacy and education. New York: Routledge, 2015. ISBN 978-1-138-82604-5.
  • Gramotnosti v vzdělávání: soubor studií. Praha: VÚP, 2011. ISBN 978-80-87000-74-8. Dostupné z: http://www.vuppraha.cz/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Gramotnosti_ve_vzdelavani_soubor_studii1.pdf
  • ALBRIGHT, James a Allan. LUKE. Pierre Bourdieu and literacy education. New York: Routledge, c2008. ISBN 978-0-805-85687-3.
  • ROWSELL, Jennifer a Kate PAHL, ed. The Routledge handbook of literacy studies. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. Routledge handbooks in applied linguistics. ISBN 9780415816243.
Teaching methods
Seminar; discussion; group activities; individual work
Assessment methods
Attendance according to established rules;
Written subject based on predefined criteria and individual preference of the student
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Jedná se o výukové bloky v celkovém součtu 20 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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