Seeing the world through adult eyes

Carrie Ludovico

Abstract

How does the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy reflect our current understanding of adult learning theory? Is it beneficial to students whose life situations mean they are uniquely challenged to balance a variety of roles and obligations, and whose primary focus may not be a career in academia? How can we, as librarians who work more and more with adult students, incorporate the best of adult education theory into our information literacy instruction?

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.78.5.250
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