Malaysian Teacher Education Institute Trainees and Information Literacy Competency

Abstract

The case study attempts to discover with certainty the information literacy competencies in research process acquired by undergraduate trainees of the Malaysian Teacher Education Institute. It is a pivotal fact indicated by recent researchers that most future teachers often enter teaching without the necessary information literacy skills and knowledge in the research process. The study plans an in-depth analysis of information literacy competency problems and issues faced by full-time final year trainee teachers doing research process in the northern region. The population is segregated into science and non-science from various content-area specializations. The study included two phases of data gathering. The first phase used face to face interviews and document analysis on the purposive sampling; and second phase used questionnaires of the study population. The findings hope to give insights to stakeholders on the way to move forward in terms of needs, process and outcomes in accordance with the Malaysian National Information Literacy Agenda. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013.