Information literacy: A retrospective of the literature

This chapter discusses infmmation litE~racy within an Australian educational context by reviewing significant events, publications, and academic literature. The paper touches on how historical roots have influenced academic discomse on infonnation literacy within the field of education, and subsequently, its prevalence within the cun·ent primary and secondary education sectors. Terminology used to describe similar information literacy skills and attributes is summarised, as is a comprehensive defmition of the term information literacy. This chapter concludes by advocating for fmther research on investigating students' infonnation literacy skills and abilities, teachers' content knowledg~! of infonnation literacy, and the teaching and assessment of information literacy skills, specifically within the primaty and secondaty education sectors.