Information Literacy

Information literacy is the ability to maneuver your way around a pile of information so that you will find the desired specific information you are looking for. To do that, you need to analyze, organize, use, and communicate it in all its distinct forms, especially to solve a particular problem. Students need to be information literate in the 21st century so that they can identify the information that will be useful to them in this constantly evolving digital age. Deciding which information will be useful and which one will not must not be time-consuming, hence being information literate brings efficiency.

" Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope . "

Kofi Annan

Some types of information are:

1. Conceptual information - arising from theories, ideas, hypotheses, and concepts (Example: Charles Darwin's theory of evolution).

2. Procedural information - method of how someone can do something and is used by doing a precise task (Examples: riding a bicycle, driving a car, and tying your shoelaces).

3. Policy information - Focuses on designing laws and regulations (Examples: Constitution of South Africa and the periodic table of elements).

4. Empirical information - The information gained through observations,  laboratory experiments, and hypothesis testing (Examples: kinetic molecular theory, titration of acid and bases, and Newton laws).

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