I have not finished reading Mandy Lupton's new book, Information Literacy and Learning, based on her PhD dissertation. Nevertheless, I am ready to recommend it as another "must read!" If you are at all interested in phenomenography and the benefits of employing a relational approach in your teaching, Lupton's work will prove extremely useful. For example, the book provides an insightful look at information literacy compared to models for literacy in general and also offers a good overview of "variation theory," a teaching method that relates to phenomenography that I have wanted to learn more about. I have not yet digested the results of Lupton's research investigation, so I will speak more directly to that in another blog entry.
I guess the "BIG" thing that I keep taking away from my readings of phenomenographic researchers is that while we have made some headway into the investigation of information literacy as a concept, we still have a long road ahead as we develop new pedagogy that better enables learners to use information with more sophistication to learn in the classroom, and of course, to continue to use information to learn beyond their formal education.
Lupton, M. (2008). Information Literacy and Learning. Adelaide: Auslib Press.
