The role of information literacy in teachers' lifelong learning Smart schools in the fifth district of Tehran

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.

2 Ph.D. student of Educational Management, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.

3 Ph.D. student of educational management, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Management, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of information literacy in teachers' lifelong learning. The study population of all teachers of smart schools in the fifth district of Tehran was 635 teachers, from which a sample of 240 people was selected by simple random sampling method. The research method was quantitative and correlational. For data collection, a 24-item researcher-made information literacy questionnaire based on Chang model (2012) and a 21-item researcher-made lifelong learning questionnaire based on Guay et al. (2014) model were used. To determine the reliability and validity of the instrument, Cronbach's alpha techniques and confirmatory factor analysis were used and the results indicated the optimal reliability and validity of the instrument. Descriptive (central and dispersion indices) and inferential techniques (one-sample t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient and linear multivariate regression) were used to analyze the data using SPSS software. The results indicate that: the situation of information literacy and lifelong learning in teachers was unfavorable. Also, information literacy has a positive and significant relationship with lifelong learning and its dimensions in teachers at the alpha level of 0.05.

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The Journal of New Thoughts on Education
Volume 16, Issue 3 - Serial Number 57
September 2020
Pages 117-144

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