Information Literacy Education LBS 707

Research as Inquiry frame demonstrates that the more you read the more you identify gaps in the literature or knowledge. The first thing that the researcher needs to do is to ask many questions like: https://tinyurl.com/ybxqamwa The spectrum of inquiry ranges from asking simple questions and recall what you have learnt. The researcher should then try to decide what needs to be investigated by drawing a mind map. They can also engage with the community practitioners (asking open-ended questions) who have first-hand knowledge and use many sources of information to substantiate and expand ther interest. Lesson Plan Class: Economics 332 Time: 09:40 – 10:30 Pre-class Preparation: A week ago - Librarian in collaboration with the lecturer gave s tudents an article to read to prepare for class. Article: Mlambo, K, & Ncube, M 2011, 'Competition and Efficiency in the Banking Sector in South Africa', African Development Review/Revue Africaine De Developpement , 2...

BACKGROUND: Class Politics 332 Lecturer Prof: C. Africa Number of Students 45 Date 20 September 2017 Time 11:30 – 12:30 Frame Scholarship as a Conversation ASSIGNMENT 1: Conduct a review of the literature on democracy, with a particular focus on the South African context. I am Economic and Management Sciences Faculty Librarian at the University of the Western Cape and I have been requested by a Lecturer from Political Science Studies to conduct training with Politics 332 students. I had 2 sessions with the students, the first session covered the following:   Identify information need Evaluate databases and other information resources Set up search strategies and use various search techniques Formulate search strings based on your own research assignment Identify relevant material types Undertake critical evaluation of your sources Search more efficie...

Learning Theories What are learning theories? Learning Theories are research based models that provide insight on how people learn. Behaviourism - stimulus response Cognitivism - teacher centered learning outcomes Social learning - students learn from one another by observing and modelling from others Constructivism - interaction, reshaping or transform information to construct meaning and understanding e.g. role plays