Are they Ready? Exploring Student Information Literacy Skills in the Transition from Secondary to Tertiary Education

Salisbury, Fiona; Karasmanis, Sharon

doi:10.1080/00048623.2011.10722203

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“…Although students generally expect to receive less support, Rowley, Hartley and Larkin (2008) found that they still found this adjustment difficult with Beaumont, O'Doherty and Shannon (2011) identifying the way students are assessed and prepare assessments as one of the major gaps. This is echoed by Salisbury and Karasmanis (2011) who found that students may not possess the information literacy or referencing skills that universities expect. Therefore, many post-1992 universities may need to adapt to the changing needs of students (Leese, 2010) while still aspiring to "… produce students who think and learn independently … [and no longer assuming] that they will arrive already able to do so" (Cook,no date,p.5).…”

Section: Reasons For Leavingmentioning

confidence: 84%

An evaluation of initiatives implemented to support undergraduate students’ transition into Higher Education at one post-1992 university

2015

Fields: Journal of Huddersfield Student Research

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Supporting students in the transition to Higher Education is crucial to improving retention. Set in a post-1992 university, admitting a high proportion of students from a widening participation background, this paper analyses first year undergraduate students' experience of their transition and, in particular, the initiatives implemented to support them. Through questionnaires and focus groups with students and interviews with course leaders, the study identifies the importance of pre-entry and first year engagement in helping students make proactive decisions, develop realistic expectations and integrate both socially and academically. A number of initiatives were evaluated and these were largely positive with the majority successfully managing the transition. However, student transition and retention is multi-faceted and this paper demonstrates the challenges post-1992 universities face in supporting a diverse student body. Nevertheless, areas of good practice were identified, including opportunities for social integration during induction and the use of course social network sites.

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Section: Reasons For Leavingmentioning

confidence: 84%

An evaluation of initiatives implemented to support undergraduate students’ transition into Higher Education at one post-1992 university

2015

Fields: Journal of Huddersfield Student Research

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“…These are just a few challenges among scores of obstacles facing today's teenagers, who for most part may be information illiterate. In fact, studies show that when the youth enter institutions of higher education, they lack information seeking, retrieval and evaluation skills [46].…”

Section: Information Retrievalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Virtual Environments for Children and Teens

Beheshti¹

2012

Virtual Reality in Psychological, Medical and Pedagogical Applications

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“…Practice is now focussing on understanding and usi g stude ts p io k o ledge gained before university and acknowledging their multiple identities and affiliations which aligns with findings from eminent studies on the importance of promoting student belonging in a subject or professional context. Harris for example argues the case for supporting doctoral students (who are particularly at risk of non completion), by buddying them with academic librarians, Harris, 2011) whilst in Australia La Trobe University Library conversely measured and analysed the entry level information skills of health science students urging librarians to drop their assumptions that students unprepared for university were not information literate: (Salisbury and Karasmanis, 2011) They concluded that the students they studied (the results were also triangulated with a group of Canadian students) have relevant existing knowledge of information and information searching that can be harnessed for university level study, and warned that librarians risk developing uninspiring programs if they ignore prior experience. Applying games based approaches to induction activities as described by Bates et al and further discussed below, build on the experiences of students, and enable them to contribute their ideas to allay library anxiety felt by students.…”

Section: First Year Experience: Smoothing Transition Into Higher Educmentioning

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Student Journey Work: A Review of Academic Library Contributions to Student Transition and Success

Weaver

2013

New Review of Academic Librarianship

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Student Journey Work: the contribution of academic libraries to student transition and success -a review Scope and IntroductionThis review identifies and draws on accounts of recent practice (published within the last threefour years) which describe library innovations taking place nationally and internationally. Rather than an in-depth review the article identifies and explores notable examples of projects, services, and approaches that are extending the traditional function of the academic library. Consequently reports that focus on the entire student journey that also demonstrate an understanding of the complex nature of the student experience are included, whilst more traditional working is excluded -important though this is. Taki g a esea h i fo ed p a ti e perspective is fundamental to enhancing services (Weaver and Levy, 2008), and for accountability, (Haddow, 2010, 40), hence exemplars have been selected with this in mind. Interventions that span boundaries between professional services and pan-university for the benefit of student transition are a particular feature. The context and rationale for this approach is next outlined.Academic Libraries are facing unprecedented demands. The changing higher education (HE) environment, technology, (social media, mobile technology, ubiquitous internet) open access and global economic uncertainty is bringing opportunities and challenges of a scale not experienced previously. (Jubb, 2010;Harper and Corrall, 2011;Deiss and Petrowski, 2009; Nicholas et al, 2010; Gwyer, 2010, Weaver, 2012. The pace of change and the rising expectations of students from their university/college education has been well documented and has resulted in many innovations and in the UK, government legislation reforming student finance in 2010 (Great Britain, Browne, 2010) has led to a heightened sense of what really makes up the modern student experience and value for money in 2013. Student tuition fees in the UK of up to £9,000 per year, position students more as customers than ever before, placing students in more control over their experience; the student voice is being heard by HE policy makers, including academic librarians, which is in turn leading to new services and engagements.Higher education institutions (HEIs) in the UK were the subject of the influential Diamond Report published by Universities UK (the body representing all UK universities) in 2011. The report provides case studies of notable academic libraries who have used various methodologies to make efficiencies, (University of St Andrews -LEAN project), federal library services (University of London) and also made wide ranging recommendations for increasing shared services and further efficiencies in operations and services. (Universities UK, 2011). Coupled with increased internationalisation, marketisation and competition, universities and colleges are being run more like businesses than ever before with consequences and opportunities for academic library leaders. (Moropa, 2010).These changes are cultural, complex and far ...

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Are they Ready? Exploring Student Information Literacy Skills in the Transition from Secondary to Tertiary Education

Cited by 50 publications

References 10 publications

An evaluation of initiatives implemented to support undergraduate students’ transition into Higher Education at one post-1992 university

An evaluation of initiatives implemented to support undergraduate students’ transition into Higher Education at one post-1992 university

Virtual Environments for Children and Teens

Student Journey Work: A Review of Academic Library Contributions to Student Transition and Success

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