VYGOTSKY'S THEORY OF SOCIAL INTERACTION AS A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION SEEKING OF ARCHIVES AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT STUDENTS: AN OVERVIEW
VYGOTSKY'S THEORY OF SOCIAL INTERACTION AS A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION SEEKING OF ARCHIVES AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT STUDENTS: AN OVERVIEW
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2014
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BUBE, Abdulkarim Aliyu
LAWAL, Bilkisu
AHMAD, Aliyu
HABIBU, Mohammed
MUHAMMAD, Kolo Bala
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This paper discusses Vygotsky's theory of social interaction as a
framework for understanding information seeking of Archives and
Records Management Students. In this paper, social interaction was
defined as a process through which information seeking takes place.
The paper explains Vygotsky's theory of social interaction showing that
principles of zone of intervention talks about coming of individual to the
aid of another individual, proximal development talks about group
learning in potential development and independent learning in actual
development level and last principle, more knowledgeable other talks
about the help given by more capable person to less capable one. The
application of Vygotsky's theory of social interaction to information
seeking among archives and records management students show that
information is sought in the zone of intervention through coming of
individual to the aid of another individual, information is sought in the
zone of proximal development through group and independent learning
in potential and actual development levels respectively and that
information is sought from more knowledgeable person through the
assistance given by that person to less capable one. The paper
concluded that records and archives management as a discipline can
be well understood by students undertaking the programme through
information seeking via social interaction with fellow colleagues as well
as the teachers who teach the discipline.
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Department of Library and Information Science
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria