Finnish school health education viewed through an information literacy lens |
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Author: | Hirvonen, Noora1; Nygård, Tuula2; Palmgren-Neuvonen, Laura2; |
Organizations: |
1Information Studies, University of Oulu and Medical Research Centre Oulu, Oulu, Finland 2The Department of Educational Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland |
Format: | article |
Version: | accepted version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.5 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2019042313118 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Springer Nature,
2019
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Publish Date: | 2019-04-23 |
Description: |
AbstractIn Finland, health education is included as an independent subject in the core curriculum for basic education where it is suggested to promote students’ health literacy. In this qualitative study, we examine Finnish health education in schools through an information literacy lens. The material comprises the most recent Finnish core curricula for basic education (2004, 2014) and health education textbooks (n = 4), which were analysed with content analysis guided by theoretical conceptions of information literacy. The concept of information literacy is not used in the core curricula, but there are closely related learning objectives especially in the most recent curriculum. Textbooks cover information evaluation topics but focus less on information access and use. The study contributes to understanding the potential of information literacy promotion in school-based health education. Yet, future studies should examine health education practices to reflect how the ideas presented in the documents are implemented in practice. see all
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Series: |
Communications in computer and information science |
ISSN: | 1865-0929 |
ISSN-E: | 1865-0937 |
ISSN-L: | 1865-0929 |
ISBN: | 978-3-030-13472-3 |
ISBN Print: | 978-3-030-13471-6 |
Volume: | 989 |
Pages: | 154 - 165 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-13472-3_15 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13472-3_15 |
Host publication: |
Information Literacy in Everyday Life. ECIL 2018 |
Host publication editor: |
Kurbanoğlu, Serap Špiranec, Sonja Ünal, Yurdagül Boustany, Joumana Huotari, Maija Leena Grassian, Esther Mizrachi, Diane Roy, Loriene |
Conference: |
European Conference on Information Literacy |
Type of Publication: |
A4 Article in conference proceedings |
Field of Science: |
520 Other social sciences |
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Copyright information: |
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Communications in Computer and Information Science. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13472-3_15. |