A recent study by the Pew Research Centre on how teens conduct research in the digital world indicates that 76% of the high school teachers surveyed agree that the two search engines have conditioned students to expect to find information quickly and easily. Teachers are also of the opinion that students often equate research with Googling. Yet 87% of the teachers interviewed admit to consulting Wikipedia when planning lessons. Virtually all of the teachers(99%) admitted to using search engines to find information online.
So what makes a search engine such as Wikipedia so popular amongst students (and teachers)?
Have a look!
I find it very interesting when a student or scholar asks me for information and we can't find it in the first book, they are very fast to say that they will look on the internet. It seems like the internet is fast but they still try to find a faster way by getting a book. The librarian must do the searching for them.
ReplyDeleteJust a few days ago, however, a teacher for grade 9 asked me for information on the laws and bylaws about something (I can't remember the topic now). She wanted to know if we have information and what type of information we have to ensure the students will be able to answer the questions that she asked in the project. Still she had one "must": It must be in Afrikaans because they don't know how to translate!