Abstract
Many
myths
exist
about
the
Google
Generation
which
tend
to
overestimate
the
positive
impact
of
ICT’s
on
young
people.
This
paper
presents
and
discusses
the
results
of
an
exploratory
case
study
of
43
Danish
secondary
school
pupils’
information
behaviour.
Four
research
questions
guided
the
study:
1)
What
characterises
the
information
behaviour
of
Danish
secondary
school
pupils?
2)
Does
the
information
behaviour
differ
across
year
of
study?
If
so,
in
which
way
does
it
differ?
3)
How
is
information
seeking
conceptualized
and
experienced?
4)
How
is
the
study
centre
and
library
conceptualized
and
experienced?
The
participants
were
20
pupils
at
their
first
year
of
studying
(1g)
and
23
pupils
from
their
third
and
final
year
of
studying
(3g)
–
all
representatives
of
the
Google
Generation.
Two
identical
surveys
were
handed
out
in
class
and
followed
by
two
focus
groups;
one
with
6
participants
from
1g
and
another
with
7
participants
from
3g.
In
addition,
the
librarian
at
the
secondary
school
was
interviewed
for
background
information
and
her
experiences
of
pupils’
information
behaviour.
The
results
of
the
pilot
study
will
provide
the
foundation
of
a
larger
study
on
Danish
secondary
school
pupils.
It
was
found
that
the
information
behaviour
of
secondary
school
pupils
to
a
large
extent
confirm
the
negative
myths
of
the
Google
Generation
in
terms
of
information
literacy
and
preferences
for
information
resources.
However,
pupils
at
their
third
year
generally
tended
to
be
more
critical
and
to
demonstrate
more
critical
information
skills,
particularly
at
a
cognitive
level.
Differences
across
gender
were
also
identified
in
this
study.
As
an
interesting
finding
many
of
the
pupils
actually
knew
what
would
be
the
optimal
way
of
acting
when
searching
for
information,
but
did
not
seem
to
know
how.
In
addition,
this
‘optimal’
behaviour
was
found
to
be
in
conflict
with
a
rational
approach
to
information
practice
across
secondary
school
pupils.
myths
exist
about
the
Generation
which
tend
to
overestimate
the
positive
impact
of
ICT’s
on
young
people.
This
paper
presents
and
discusses
the
results
of
an
exploratory
case
study
of
43
Danish
secondary
school
pupils’
information
behaviour.
Four
research
questions
guided
the
study:
1)
What
characterises
the
information
behaviour
of
Danish
secondary
school
pupils?
2)
Does
the
information
behaviour
differ
across
year
of
study?
If
so,
in
which
way
does
it
differ?
3)
How
is
information
seeking
conceptualized
and
experienced?
4)
How
is
the
study
centre
and
library
conceptualized
and
experienced?
The
participants
were
20
pupils
at
their
first
year
of
studying
(1g)
and
23
pupils
from
their
third
and
final
year
of
studying
(3g)
–
all
representatives
of
the
Generation.
Two
identical
surveys
were
handed
out
in
class
and
followed
by
two
focus
groups;
one
with
6
participants
from
1g
and
another
with
7
participants
from
3g.
In
addition,
the
librarian
at
the
secondary
school
was
interviewed
for
background
information
and
her
experiences
of
pupils’
information
behaviour.
The
results
of
the
pilot
study
will
provide
the
foundation
of
a
larger
study
on
Danish
secondary
school
pupils.
It
was
found
that
the
information
behaviour
of
secondary
school
pupils
to
a
large
extent
confirm
the
negative
myths
of
the
Generation
in
terms
of
information
literacy
and
preferences
for
information
resources.
However,
pupils
at
their
third
year
generally
tended
to
be
more
critical
and
to
demonstrate
more
critical
information
skills,
particularly
at
a
cognitive
level.
Differences
across
gender
were
also
identified
in
this
study.
As
an
interesting
finding
many
of
the
pupils
actually
knew
what
would
be
the
optimal
way
of
acting
when
searching
for
information,
but
did
not
seem
to
know
how.
In
addition,
this
‘optimal’
behaviour
was
found
to
be
in
conflict
with
a
rational
approach
to
information
practice
across
secondary
school
pupils.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Publication date | 2010 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Event | Creating Knowledge 2010 - Bergen, Norway Duration: 8 Sept 2010 → 10 Sept 2010 |
Conference
| Conference | Creating Knowledge 2010 |
|---|---|
| Country/Territory | Norway |
| City | Bergen |
| Period | 08/09/2010 → 10/09/2010 |