Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 Information and technology in the world: Information as a resource -- Information as a resource -- Valuing information -- The shaping of information and technology -- Part 2 The impact of information technology: A brief history of ICT -- Literacy and counterknowledge -- Computer and information literacy -- Part 3 Critical theory: Critical social science -- The colonisation of the lifeworld -- How organisations affect the way we think -- Part 4 Combating information obesity: Information obesity and romantic understanding -- From problem-based learning to transformative learning -- Connecting learners and teachers to the community -- Three examples.

This book is an exploration of information literacy and ICT skills education from the point of view of social and political theory. It uses these theories both to argue why the idea of information literacy is so important in the 21st century and also to develop some teaching strategies to this end.