Christian Worldview as a Critical Information Literacy Lens: A Synthesis of the CCCU Commitments and the ACRL Framework

Christian Worldview in Academic Information Literacy Instruction

“…This research was borne out of professional efforts in my role of Instruction Coordinator to align two assessment pillars: the ACRL Framework (library instruction) and the CCCU Basic Educational Commitments (Christian higher education). Using critical information literacy as theoretical vehicle, an argument was drafted that institutions of higher learning ascribing to Christ-centered missions, values, and institutional/student learning outcomes should encourage students to evaluate information with a Christ-centered perspective (Young 2022). Reflection prompts were drafted pulling each of the assessment pillars together and were published and also added to the library instruction toolkit as resources for Samford library faculty and teaching faculty use.…”

“…The question posed across this author's scholarly efforts involves the intersection of the two pedagogical discussions: How can Christian educators equip students to navigate the information ecosystem of a fallen world with a Christ-centered perspective? (Young 2023). Finding little on this topic in the scholarly literature, a proposal was submitted into the canon and a survey was designed to query the librarians involved in this work across the nation.…”