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Databases Are Like Box Stores: Teaching Information Literacy With Analogy, Kory A. Paulus
Databases Are Like Box Stores: Teaching Information Literacy With Analogy, Kory A. Paulus
Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy
Teaching information literacy (IL) often requires instructors to explain and explore abstract concepts. This feat is never easy, as novice students often need a bridge between concrete and abstract thinking. Current research on the topic suggests one effective way to teach new, abstract concepts to students of any age is by using an analogy. However, it’s difficult to come up with effective analogies on the fly. In fact, Rick Wormeli has stated in Metaphors & Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching Any Subject that “what may need to change in many of our classrooms is the purposeful pursuit of metaphors and …