Das bibliothekarische Konzept der Informationskompetenz - ein Überblick

Informationskompetenz hat sich in den letzten Jahren als wichtiges Teilgebiet des Bibliothekswesens etabliert. Der vorliegende Text gibt einen einführenden Überblick über Hintergrund und Entwicklung, Terminologie, Definitionen und Inhalte, Modelle und Standards sowie Vermittlungs- und Evaluationspraxis von Informationskompetenz im bibliothekarischen Kontext. Ein Blick auf Debatten und Kritik zeigt aber auch, dass sowohl Begriff wie Konzept in bibliothekarischen Fachkreisen keineswegs unumstritten sind.

Information als Gegenstand von Informationskompetenz. Eine Begriffsanalyse

Der Informationsbegriff als zentraler Gegenstand von Informationskompetenz wird in der bibliothekarischen Diskussion in der Regel nicht explizit thematisiert, sondern lässt sich aus Fachliteratur und Bibliothekspraxis nur implizit erschließen. Eine theoretische Beschäftigung mit dem Informationsbegriff ist jedoch unabdingbar, soll das Konzept "Informationskompetenz" auch außerhalb des bibliothekarischen Kontextes verständlich und nutzbar gemacht werden. Im vorliegenden Text, der sich als Beitrag zu einer Theorie der Informationskompetenz versteht, werden zunächst verschiedene Informationstypologien und -begriffe vorgestellt und diskutiert, die im Zusammenhang mit Informationskompetenz als relevant erachtet werden. Anschließend wird das Verhältnis von Informations- und Wissensbegriff näher beleuchtet. Ergebnis dieser Begriffsanalyse ist die These, dass einem Konzept von Informationskompetenz, das auch außerhalb von Bildungswesen und Wissenschaft eingesetzt werden können soll, ein Informationsbegriff zugrunde gelegt werden muss, der über das klassische bibliotheks- und informationswissenschaftliche Verständnis von Information als medial kommuniziertes, in Dokumenten repräsentiertes bzw. in Informationssystemen gespeichertes Wissen hinausgeht und weitere Dimensionen dessen, was "Information" sein kann, umfasst.

Enumeratio plantarum Horti Regii Botanici Berolinensis : continens descriptiones omnium vegetabilium in horto dicto cultorum /

From the library of the Leidner family with their stamp.

Filicum species in Horto regio botanico berolinensi cultae /

Stafleu and Cowan (2nd ed.)

Narrative Deliberation? On Storytelling as a Necessary Component of Public Deliberation

This paper deals with the place of narrative, that is, storytelling, in public deliberation. A distinction is made between weak and strong conceptions of narrative. According to the weak one, storytelling is but one rhetorical device among others with which social actors produce and convey meaning. In contrast, the strong conception holds that narrative is necessary to communicate, and argue, about topics such as the human experience of time, collective identities and the moral and ethical validity of values. The upshot of this idea is that storytelling should be a necessary component of any ideal of public deliberation. Contrary to recent work by deliberative theorists, who tend to adopt the weak conception of narrative, the author argues for embracing the strong one. The main contention of this article is that stories not only have a legitimate place in deliberation, but are even necessary to formulate certain arguments in the fi rst place; for instance, arguments drawing on historical experience. This claim, namely that narrative is constitutive of certain arguments, in the sense that, without it, said reasons cannot be articulated, is illustrated by deliberative theory’s own narrative underpinnings. Finally, certain possible objections against the strong conception of narrative are dispelled.

Why Physical Geography? An analysis of justifications in teacher magazines in Germany

School geography is often quite different from academic geography and there are good reasons for that, as school is preparing young people to be able to lead the life they value instead of just training them to learn specific subject contents. In some countries school geography is understood as being mainly a social science. Nonetheless physical geography often plays an important part in textbooks and in everyday teaching in these countries. This presentation will examine how physical geography topics are justified in specialist teacher magazines in Germany. Are they justified by simply pointing at the value of the academic knowledge itself? Are they justified by claiming students’ special interest in these topics? Or are they justified by showing the value of physical geography in promoting social aims such as sustainable development, freedom or equality?

How textbook design may influence learning with geography textbooks

This paper investigates how textbook design may influence students’ visual attention to graphics, photos and text in current geography textbooks. Eye tracking, a visual method of data collection and analysis, was utilised to precisely monitor students’ eye movements while observing geography textbook spreads. In an exploratory study utilising random sampling, the eye movements of 20 students (secondary school students 15–17 years of age and university students 20–24 years of age) were recorded. The research entities were double-page spreads of current German geography textbooks covering an identical topic, taken from five separate textbooks. A two-stage test was developed. Each participant was given the task of first looking at the entire textbook spread to determine what was being explained on the pages. In the second stage, participants solved one of the tasks from the exercise section. Overall, each participant studied five different textbook spreads and completed five set tasks. After the eye tracking study, each participant completed a questionnaire. The results may verify textbook design as one crucial factor for successful knowledge acquisition from textbooks. Based on the eye tracking documentation, learning-related challenges posed by images and complex image-text structures in textbooks are elucidated and related to educational psychology insights and findings from visual communication and textbook analysis.