In recent curriculum reforms worldwide, educators have made tremendous efforts to improve student achievement. For instance, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) in the U.S. aims to narrow the achievement gap through various mechanisms so that no child is left behind academically. Despite all these concerted efforts, there remains a profound gap between the knowledge and skills that students acquire in schools and the knowledge and skills that they need to live and work in the 21st century. Critics suggest that a holistic view of 21st century teaching and learning that combines student learning outcomes (a blending of specific skills, content knowledge, expertise, and literacies) with innovative support systems is necessary to prepare students for effective participation in this century (The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.). In this digital era, information literacy, internet literacy, and computer literacy are particularly important (Kong,
2007, 2009). Although the concept of literacy has been defined and studied extensively in educational research, defining literacy seems to be painstaking and challenging since different researchers tend to work in isolation and to address different aspects of the concept.
In recent curriculum reforms worldwide, educators have made tremendous efforts to improve student achievement. For instance, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) in the U.S. aims to narrow the achievement gap through various mechanisms so that no child is left behind academically. Despite all these concerted efforts, there remains a profound gap between the knowledge and skills that students acquire in schools and the knowledge and skills that they need to live and work in the 21st century. Critics suggest that a holistic view of 21st century teaching and learning that combines student learning outcomes (a blending of specific skills, content knowledge, expertise, and literacies) with innovative support systems is necessary to prepare students for effective participation in this century (The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.). In this digital era, information literacy, internet literacy, and computer literacy are particularly important (Kong,2007, 2009). Although the concept of literacy has been defined and studied extensively in educational research, defining literacy seems to be painstaking and challenging since different researchers tend to work in isolation and to address different aspects of the concept.
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