Promoting Information Literacy among Young People

actions to encourage reading

Abstract

School education is based on providing equal conditions for access to and permanence in school, and the freedom to learn and teach. This article aims to report on the workshop organized by universitys from the Federal University of Bahia for students from the Colégio Estadual Edvaldo Brandão Correia (CEEBC), in Salvador, under the guidance of teachers. Since the intention is to promote Information Literacy among young people, the question that guided the action was: How can we encourage them to develop the habit of reading, researching and selecting information? The objective was to promote the practice of types of reading and the improvement of critical information 

skills. An interview was conducted with the students of the school. On this basis, the academic team used learning strategies involving reading techniques, summarization and textual production. The results achieved involved mutual, dynamic and interactive learning aimed at encouraging reading. It is concluded that Information Literacy as an educational action contributes to pedagogical efficiency, so that teaching is rethought under the proposals of changes that are equivalent to the sets of applied skills. The workshop was an incredible experience, challenging due to the satisfactory results and a lot of learning.