Information Literacy and Territorial Integrity

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze matter about information literacy and territorial integrity in history textbook which used in high school. The approach used in this study is a qualitative approach. This approach is used because this study wants to provide descriptive descriptions of the naturalistic nature of the research area as the main characteristics in qualitative research are naturalistic. The result of study shows that the information literacy and territorial integrity matter in history textbook not predominate yet. It not inspires students to realize the ability of process the information correctly, such as to scope, access, evaluate, manage, synthesise, and ethically use information for any decisions. Based on this research, author suggest that the history textbook must be more focuses on developing cognitive and meta-cognitive skills in student-centred learning context. Then, the sense of nationality and territorial integrity can be maintained.