Development of Strategies to Promote Sustainable Information Literacy among the Elderly in Xi’an City

กลยุทธ์การพัฒนาเพื่อส่งเสริมการรู้เท่าทันสารสนเทศอย่างยั่งยืน ของผู้สูงอายุในเมืองซีอาน

Hui Shan

Information literacy -- Study and teaching

Older adults -- Information literacy -- China

Sustainable development strategies

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the current situation of information literacy among the elderly in Xi’an city; 2) to develop strategies for information literacy among the elderly in Xi’an city; 3) to evaluate the feasibility and adaptability of strategies to improve information literacy among the elderly in Xi’an city. This study employed a mixed-methods research design. This study adopted systematic sampling method and selected 384 elderly people from 5 communities in Xi’an city as the sample group, using the Krejcie and Morgan and 10 interview experts and 8 evaluation experts, using purposive sampling method. The research instruments included 1) Questionnaire; 2) Interview form; 3) Evaluation form. Data analysis included Index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC), Percentage, Mean, Standard deviation.
Statistical analysis revealed an objective consistency index (IOC) is 1, and ensure the reliability of the questionnaire.
The study found that: 1) the current situation of information literacy among the elderly in Xi’an city was at a high level; 2) the study developed 42 strategies for improving information literacy among the elderly in Xi’an city, including 9 for information awareness, 10 for information knowledge, 9 for information competence, and 14 for information ethics; 3) the feasibility and adaptability of these strategies for information literacy were evaluated at the highest level. The study revealed that in information awareness recorded the highest mean and standard deviation among the four variables, indicating that the elderly in Xi’an city possess a strong level of information awareness. Consequently, the strategies proposed also demonstrate the highest feasibility and adaptability.

Keywords: Sustainable development strategies, Information literacy, The elderly

Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University. Office of Academic Resources and Information Technology

Areeya Juichamlong

Sunate Thaveethavomsawat

Phisanu Bangkheow

2025

2026-04-01

2026-04-01

2026-04-01

thesis

application/pdf

TH 028.5 S43D 2025

eng

Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University

Doctor of Philosophy

Doctoral degree

Education Management for Sustainable Development

Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University