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Information Literacy for Mortals. PIL Provocation Series. Volume 1, Number 5

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Title: Information Literacy for Mortals. PIL Provocation Series. Volume 1, Number 5
Language: English
Authors: Caulfield, Mike, Project Information Literacy
Source: Project Information Literacy. 2021.
Availability: Project Information Literacy. P.O. Box 208, Sonoma, CA 95476. Tel: 707-939-6941; Fax: 707-938-7690; e-mail: info@projectinfolit.org; Web site: http://projectinfolit.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 9
Publication Date: 2021
Document Type: Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Decision Making, Information Seeking, Misconceptions, Barriers
Abstract: In the academic imagination, depth and attention are the highest of virtues. But in pushing students to apply high-attention strategies to all incoming information, there is a risk of creating a new and dangerous shallowness. The author begins this article by talking about real-world decision-making. Looking at the structure of decisions can better illuminate how the information-seeking process works when up against constraints -- and, the author argues, it's an information literacy that is honest about constraints that must be must embraced. In the remainder of the essay, the author discusses information literacy, misinformation, and the fallibility of human reason.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2022
Accession Number: ED616514
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:In the academic imagination, depth and attention are the highest of virtues. But in pushing students to apply high-attention strategies to all incoming information, there is a risk of creating a new and dangerous shallowness. The author begins this article by talking about real-world decision-making. Looking at the structure of decisions can better illuminate how the information-seeking process works when up against constraints -- and, the author argues, it's an information literacy that is honest about constraints that must be must embraced. In the remainder of the essay, the author discusses information literacy, misinformation, and the fallibility of human reason.