The Professional Epistemology of Library Instruction
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Room 211
Abstract
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Presentation Description
This paper explores the pedagogy of information literacy--in particular, the difficulties librarians face in teaching situations on account of their presumed lack of disciplinary expertise. This lack tends to leave library instruction stuck in the shallows of the mechanics of search and retrieval, on the periphery of intellectual discovery. But let’s look critically at the link between pedagogy and expertise. Let’s think about what forms of pedagogy might emerge if we no longer assume that we have to teach only what, as professionals, we are allowed to know--if we no longer practice teaching as the transfer of knowledge or information, but treat it instead as an occasion for shared acts of discovery.
Keywords
Information literacy, Library instruction, Philosophy of teaching
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Smith, Dolsy, "The Professional Epistemology of Library Instruction" (2009). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 83.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2009/2009/83
The Professional Epistemology of Library Instruction
Room 211
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