A Pedagogy of Inquiry

A Pedagogy of Inquiry

Blog Article

Library instruction continues to evolve.Regardless of the myriad and conflicting opinions academic librarians Bar Cabinet have about the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy, the debates and the document itself have engendered greater discourse surrounding how and why librarians teach.The Framework provides an additional push toward designing instruction with big ideas rather than a skills-based curriculum.

However, we still must contend with constraints imposed upon us by higher education taking on business models and enforcing a skills agenda.To enact the pedagogy of Pliers the Framework in contrast to changes in higher education presents a challenge.We should consider ways in which the Framework can help us push back against these neoliberal agendas in our pedagogy and reinvent our roles as librarian educators.