Search for information and its impact on the acquisition of knowledge: an empirical study

Document Type : Original Article

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Kuwait

Abstract

his study focuses on clarifying the different ways in which students gain
knowledge and influence their behavior in the search for information and thus
their knowledge acquisition, especially in the field of libraries. The forms of
research behavior of students and their acquisition of knowledge, and exploring
new ways of teaching, which in turn affect the nature of their behavior in the
search for sources of information, which leads to reduce the failure of the process
of knowledge acquisition.
In this context, the study was conducted on a sample of pre-graduate
students whose objective is to verify this by selecting a course from the curricula
of the library and information department in the Faculty of Education in the
General Authority for Applied Education in Kuwait. In the method of teaching the
course to measure the impact of this on the behavior of students in the research
and acquisition of information.


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