Empowerment of people through information literacy is an important prerequisite for harnessing ICTs for education and fostering equitable access to information and knowledge. Information literacy enhances the pursuit of knowledge by equipping individuals with the skills and abilities for critical reception, assessment and use of information in their professional and personal lives.
UNESCO’s main strategy in the area of Information Literacy consists of awareness-raising about the importance of information literacy at all levels of the education process – basic education, primary and secondary education, technical and vocational training and lifelong education – and of establishing guidelines for integrating information literacy issues in curricula.
A particular focus will be on training teachers to sensitize them to the importance of information literacy in the education process to enable them to incorporate information literacy into their teaching and to provide them with appropriate pedagogical methods and curricula.
An essential element of the strategy is the integration of libraries into information literacy programmes as they provide resources and services in an environment that fosters free and open inquiry and serve as a catalyst for the interpretation, integration, and application of knowledge in all fields of learning.
A particular focus will be on training teachers to sensitize them to the importance of information literacy in the education process to enable them to incorporate information literacy into their teaching and to provide them with appropriate pedagogical methods and curricula.
An essential element of the strategy is the integration of libraries into information literacy programmes as they provide resources and services in an environment that fosters free and open inquiry and serve as a catalyst for the interpretation, integration, and application of knowledge in all fields of learning.
20-07-2011 (Paris)
05-07-2011 (Paris)
01-07-2011 (Fès)
15-06-2011 (Fès)
18-03-2011 (Windhoek)
08-03-2011 (Paris)
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25-02-2011 (Paris)
22-02-2011 (Windhoek)
23-11-2010 (Pretoria)
22-11-2010 (Manille)
12-11-2010 (Paris)
05-11-2010 (Quito)
04-10-2010 (Windhoek)
07-06-2010 (Zithobeni)
18-05-2010 (Rabat)
26-03-2010 (Windhoek)
18-12-2009 (Colombo)
09-12-2009 (Paris)
25-11-2009 (Londres)
06-11-2009 (Tokyo)
30-10-2009 (Paris)
15-09-2009 (Paris)
11-09-2009 (Padoue)
24-06-2009 (Pretoria)
19-06-2009 (New York)
17-04-2009 (Moscou)
05-03-2009 (Kingston)
09-02-2009 (New Delhi)
01-08-2008 (Bangkok)
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/fr/information-literacy