Knowledge Societies: Learning for a Diverse World (original) (raw)

This chapter will build on the author's conceptual exploration of critical information literacy (CIL) in the foreign languages to examine what such a program could look like in reality. 1 Inspired by the author's increasing dissatisfaction with information literacy (IL) models that are decontextualized from broader, multicultural information landscapes, this chapter will present an instructional approach that draws from the experience and assessment of a pilot Spanish IL program at the University of Colorado Boulder (UCB). However, while the chapter will focus specifically on the study of foreign languages, it will be of interest to educators who work with global populations. Changing demographics as well as the evolution of communication technologies means that the capacity to act within multicultural information societies is more important than ever before, and learning for a diverse world is a core goal on many US campuses.