Information Literacy among Jordanian Teachers: Case of Madaba

Abstract

Over the past two decades Information Literacy emerged as a central focus for researchers. While "Information Literacy is conceivably the foundation of learning in our contemporary environment of continuous change" (Bruce, 2004. 9) teachers are the main pivots in teaching learning process in the Jordanian Ministry of Education in Jordan (MOE) trends in the last two years, because of the weakness of this process. This study aimed at determining Information Literacy (skills and standards) among Jordanian teachers in Madaba. The participants in this study are 302 Male/Female teachers. The researchers used a questionnaire developed by Mittermeyer and Quirion (2003) and Bani Abdelrahman, Jwaifell and El-Subhieen (2014) as a measurement tool to achieve their aim and objective. The results of this study pointed that information skills are not mastered by Madaba's Teachers in Jordan, while there are interaction between males and females teachers with school stages they belong to. Thus this study recommended better training sessions should be held to Madaba's teachers.

Keywords: Information Literacy, Skills and Standards, Teachers Training, Jordan