A Study on the Information Literacy and Adjustment of the Immigrant and Native Children

• Main Authors: Hui-Ling Lin, 林惠玲
• Other Authors: Fang-Chung Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/07089290481825432126

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 教育政策與管理研究所 === 97 === This study compared information literacy and adjustment between the immigrant and native children. The study also posited the relationship between their information literacy and adjustment. The study adopted questionnaire survey and purposive sampling by asking immigrant and native children in eighth and ninth grades in Pingtung County. The valid samples collected from the subjects in immigrant children were 225, and in native children were 162. The data were analyzed by means including descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA, and Structural Equation Modeling. The conclusions were as following: 1.The same findings between immigrant and native children: （1）The information literacy levels of both immigrant and native children were slightly beyond average. （2）As a whole, girls possessed greater information literacy than boys. （3）Students in ninth grade acquired more capabilities to get information on-line than students in eighth grade. （4）Children who had owned a computer at home showed better information literacy than those who did not. Children who could surf internet at home retained stronger access to obtaining information than those who could not. Children obtaining others’ help for solving computer or internet problems at home enjoyed higher potential to use the retrieved information effectively than those who did not have. （5）Children whose father’s highest education degree is university or college gained broader knowledge in computer usage than children whose father’s highest education degree is junior high school. （6）Children receiving higher educational expectation from their parents recorded better information literacy. Children with higher self educational expectation marked better information literacy. （7）Children whose mother having immigrated from the Mainland China acquired better information literacy than children whose mother having immigrated from the Philippines. （8）Both immigrant and native children well adjusted to lives. （9）In general, girls enjoyed better interpersonal adjustment than boys. （10）Children with a computer at home adjusted better than those without. Children having others’ help for solving computer or internet problems at home showed better personal adjustment than those who without others’ help. （11）Children whose mother’s highest education degree is university or college recorded better personal adjustment. （12）Children with more parental companion to do homework each week obtained better adjustment. Children receiving higher educational expectation from parents possessed better adjustment. Children with higher self educational expectation displayed better adjustment. （13）The study suggested that information literacy significantly exerted positive influence on adjustment for both immigrant and native children. 2.The different findings between immigrant and native children: （1）Native children who could surf internet at home gained broader knowledge in computer usage. （2）Native children enjoying friends to help solve computer or internet problems at home gained higher information literacy. （3）Immigrant children with help from others for solving computer or internet problems at home performed better in school learning. （4）Native children whose mother’s highest education degree is university or college, junior high school, or elementary school documented better personal adjustment than native children whose mother’s highest education degree is senior high school. （5）In general, immigrant children had better personal adjustment and adjustment than native children. These conclusions drawn from this study can offer some valuable suggestions for immigrant and native families, schools or educational authorities. It will also provide references for future studies.