Information literacy skills of secondary school students of Nairobi and Tharaka Nithi counties of Kenya
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description: Information literacy (IL) is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate and use the needed information effectively. It is significant to scholars for making decisions with critical thinking skills, seeking answers to critical questions, finding information from particular sources, forming intelligent opinions and evaluating sources of information. Therefore, it is pertinent that governments incorporate information literacy knowledge into academic programmes to ensure that citizens are productive and equipped to function globally in the 21st century. Information literacy skills are essential to secondary school students in developing countries such as Kenya. However, many secondary schools’ students have very little or no basic knowledge about library use, computer literacy and information searching skills. This problem can be attributed to students being educated in environments with poor learning facilities, such as lack of well-equipped school libraries, lack of computers in schools and failure to recognize the school library (where in existence) as a learning resource. In this information technology age, Kenyan secondary school students need to be equipped to develop the skills to help them search, evaluate and utilize the information effectively. The general objective of this research was to investigate the status of IL skills of secondary school students in the Nairobi and Tharaka Nithi Counties of Kenya. The specific objectives were to establish the standards of information literacy, available information literacy programmes, factors that can influence students' information literacy, information-seeking strategies of students, and challenges which students face in the use of school libraries of Nairobi and Tharaka Nithi Counties. Finally, the study was intended to develop a framework for IL in Nairobi and Tharaka Nithi Counties. The study used a mixed-methods approach which is an interpretivist rese…
abstract: Information literacy (IL) is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate and use the needed information effectively. It is significant to scholars for making decisions with critical thinking skills, seeking answers to critical questions, finding information from particular sources, forming intelligent opinions and evaluating sources of information. Therefore, it is pertinent that governments incorporate information literacy knowledge into academic programmes to ensure that citizens are productive and equipped to function globally in the 21st century. Information literacy skills are essential to secondary school students in developing countries such as Kenya. However, many secondary schools’ students have very little or no basic knowledge about library use, computer literacy and information searching skills. This problem can be attributed to students being educated in environments with poor learning facilities, such as lack of well-equipped school libraries, lack of computers in schools and failure to recognize the school library (where in existence) as a learning resource. In this information technology age, Kenyan secondary school students need to be equipped to develop the skills to help them search, evaluate and utilize the information effectively. The general objective of this research was to investigate the status of IL skills of secondary school students in the Nairobi and Tharaka Nithi Counties of Kenya. The specific objectives were to establish the standards of information literacy, available information literacy programmes, factors that can influence students' information literacy, information-seeking strategies of students, and challenges which students face in the use of school libraries of Nairobi and Tharaka Nithi Counties. Finally, the study was intended to develop a framework for IL in Nairobi and Tharaka Nithi Counties. The study used a mixed-methods approach which is an interpretivist rese…
author: Mwaura, Ireri John
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date published: 2024
date modified: 2026-07-24T06:17:11Z
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