TY - JOUR AU - Yu, Halida AU - A., Abrizah AU - Johari Abdullah Sani, Mad Khir AU - Yu, Halida AU - Abrizah, A. AU - Abdullah Sani, Mad Khir Johari PY - 2016/01/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Information literacy through resource-based learning: Malaysian teachers’ conception and instructional practices JF - Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science JA - MJLIS VL - 21 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.22452/mjlis.vol21no1.4 UR - https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/MJLIS/article/view/1717 SP - 53-67 AB - <p align="justify">This paper examines how secondary school teachers in Malaysia conceptualize information literacy,&nbsp;and how this understanding leads to information literacy practices through resource-based learning.&nbsp;Although there have been studies carried out in this area, most of the studies are conducted in&nbsp;western societies with sound exposure to information literacy. This study takes place in a learning environment where information literacy is not a central focus in the school curriculum. It employs a&nbsp;qualitative approach in the form of a case study. Five history subject teachers supervising resourcebased learning history project took part in the study. Data were collected through a series of&nbsp;interviews with the teacher participants to uncover: (a) their conceptions of information literacy; (b)&nbsp;their teaching focus in the project instruction; and (c) the instructional approach employed. Six&nbsp;information literacy conceptions, six information literacy teaching focuses, and four types of&nbsp;information literacy instructional methods are generated from the study. The findings suggest that the teachers’ conceptions of information literacy in Malaysia are quite comparable to those from&nbsp;developed countries. However, the outlooks are more superficial and lack richness and depth.&nbsp;Further findings show that these conceptions influence and shape teachers’ information literacy&nbsp;teaching focuses, as well as their project instructional approaches.</p> ER -