FF:ISKM41 Information Education Research - Course Information
ISKM41 Research Horizons of the Information Education
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- 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
- TYP_STUDIA(N) && SOUHLAS
The course has no compulsory prerequisites. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Information and Library Studies (programme FF, N-IS) (2)
- Information and Library Studies (programme FF, N-ISK_) (5)
- Course objectives
- The course focuses on the socially important subject area, which is the human-information interaction in the research field of the humanities. One of the aims of the course is to show students different approaches to exploring activities that develop literacy in libraries and other institutions. Another goal is to lead students to the analytical approach to information resources relevant to the given issue. The course also has an application level at the level of fieldwork and work with research data.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course student:
- understands the importance of research work in the field of information education;
- can analytically work with information sources on subject matter;
- is able to actively participate in the preparation of research in information education;
- has the competence to apply knowledge in relevant fieldwork - Syllabus
- 1. - 2. Information Society, Policies, Strategic Documents and Research on Information Education;
- 3. Trends and themes for research on information education for the 21st century;
- 4. Target groups in information education research;
- 5. Methodological paradigms and information education;
- 6. Quantitative methodology in information education research;
- 7. Qualitative methodology in information education research;
- 8. Research contexts of information education in a formal curriculum;
- 9. Research contexts of information education in lifelong learning;
- 10. - 11. Transdisciplinary perspectives of information education research in the field of Information Studies and Librarianship;
- 12. Presentation of outputs
- 13. Final joint reflection
- Literature
- recommended literature
- časopis Educational Research
- BRUSE, Chritine. Information Literacy Programs and Research. An International Review. The Australian Library Journal /online/. Vol. 62, 2013. p. 326-333. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/00049670.2011.10722652
- ECIL-Conference Series, http://ilconf.org/
- HENDL, Jan and Jiří REMR. Metody výzkumu a evaluace. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2017, 372 stran. ISBN 9788026211921. info
- SEIDMAN, Irving. Interviewing as qualitative research : a guide for researchers in education and the social sciences. 4th ed. New York: Teachers College Press, 2013, xiv, 178. ISBN 9780807754047. info
- Teaching methods
- Seminar with discussion;
Project instruction;
Critical reading and writing;
Individual work according to student preference - Assessment methods
- Attendance according to established rules;
Processed and submitted interim tasks (eg project, case report, etc.) - 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: Interaktivní bloková výuka v celkovém rozsahu 20 hodin.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/spring2025/ISKM41