Information literacy: the missing link in South Africa’s educational transformation?

This paper uses the lens of information literacy and information literacy education to view educational change in South Africa. Although the focus is on South Africa, I hope that the paper might resonate with delegates from other countries and that this might lead to the exploration of common ground. I have decided to focus on school education rather than tertiary because there is consensus in university circles that the issues of information literacy education at tertiary level have their roots in shortcomings in our schools (Walker 2001; De Jager & Nassimbeni 2002). It is a truism that if our school leavers are information literate then our university educators and employers can only benefit.

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