Open AccessBook Review: Metaliterate Learning for the Post-Truth World
Author(s) -
E. Frances White
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
reference and user services quarterly/reference and user services quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5242
pISSN - 1094-9054
DOI - 10.5860/rusq.59.1.7233
Subject(s) - post truth , misinformation , information literacy , fake news , subject (documents) , literacy , sociology , epistemology , computer science , political science , pedagogy , media studies , library science , philosophy , politics , computer security , law
One of the great challenges in librarianship currently is educating digital natives on how to identify misinformation and “fake news,” while also transforming them into information literate, responsible consumers, and creators of knowledge. Since 2011, metaliteracy has been proffered as a potential cure for the current relativistic “post truth” era. Written and edited by experts in this subject, Metaliterate Learning for the Post-Truth World introduces the reader to the concept of metaliteracy, a pedagogical model emphasizing reflective learning and the informed production of new knowledge. Summarized as “knowing how to think, not what to think,” metaliteracy does not focus on discrete information literacy skills, instead stressing a holistic approach to literacy and learning.