The German notion of Informationskompetenz (information competence) expresses the ability to use and create information as the educational goal of information literacy instruction (Vermittlung). The English “Information literacy” emphasises the conceptual understandings of information use and information creation as a standardized state.
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The goal of becoming information competent is to empower decision-making in the course of problem-solving by uncovering meaning. However this is not solely based on information but also on gut feeling and emotions. While gut feeling and emotions are broadly the subject of psychology, we are going to focus on dealing with information, as something outside brain, informing us about the world around us.
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