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The Influence of Information and Communication Technology Use on Students’ Information Literacy

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Second Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education

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In this chapter, the concept of information literacy and research findings on the impact of children’s use of ICT (information and communication technology) on information literacy are introduced, with a focus on Japan and including comparisons to other parts of the world. A general explanation of information literacy is first provided; then the concept, history, measurement, and other issues of information literacy are described. The findings of Japanese empirical research on the impact of children’s ICT use on information literacy are detailed and aligned with major international research findings and orientations on the issues of impact of ICT use. Major findings are as follows: (a) ICT use can improve information competencies, in particular abilities to collect and evaluate information; and (b) it appears that ICT use at school could be more effective than ICT use at home, but even the use at home has effects which cannot be ignored. Findings contribute additional evidence of causality to the current body of literature based primarily on large international studies addressing the issues of the educational impact of ICT use through data gathered across many educational systems but from each subject just one time.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan

    Akira Sakamoto

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    Joke Voogt

  2. University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA

    Gerald Knezek

  3. University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA

    Rhonda Christensen

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    Kwok-Wing Lai

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    Gerald Knezek

  2. University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA

    Rhonda Christensen

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Sakamoto, A. (2018). The Influence of Information and Communication Technology Use on Students’ Information Literacy. In: Voogt, J., Knezek, G., Christensen, R., Lai, KW. (eds) Second Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education . Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71054-9_19

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