Lots of fun reading this week on the illusive topic of information literacy. As usual, however, the research all seems to focus on secondary school teaching. Having read Herring's research on the use of the PLUS model and the Wolf piece about the Big 6 I get the impression that the more able students have no need for an information process model because they have internalised the process, and that ideally all students would be in this situation, although that might put us out of a job. No need to worry as yet though since the majority of students are still in need of this kind of scaffold.
What I would like to see is some research on the long term effects of the introduction of a process model at primary level. I am strongly of the opinion that primary students are constantly underestimated and that there is no reason the research process can't be introduced as early as Prep. The earlier learning can be embedded the better it will stick and become internalised. If information literacy were to be truly integrated into the primary curriculum the majority of secondary student would have no need for this scaffolding.
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