Abstracts
Abstract
In academic libraries, library instruction often takes the form of one-shot instruction and is not always deeply linked to the broader curricula. This article will argue that if library instruction in an academic setting is to be perceived as beneficial to student learning, it needs to coalesce around a set of specific values and teaching practices. To do so, this article will build on scholarship about signature pedagogies to continue the work of identifying a signature pedagogy for academic libraries engaged in information literacy instruction. To Lee S. Shulman, signature pedagogies outline the teaching practices used to educate new professionals, and they are essential to understanding how a profession develops. By participating in the process of developing a signature pedagogy, academic librarians would be able to engage in questions about the nature and purpose of their work, as well as set a foundation for how practicing and developing library professionals are educated and continue to be educated.
Keywords:
- librarian education,
- library instruction,
- professional development,
- signature pedagogy
Résumé
Dans les bibliothèques universitaires, la formation en usage bibliothécaire prend souvent la forme d'un enseignement ponctuel et n'est que rarement lié de manière plus profonde au cursus plus large. Cet article soutiendra que si la formation en bibliothèque dans un cadre universitaire doit être perçue comme bénéfique pour l'apprentissage des étudiant.e.s, elle doit s'articuler autour d'un ensemble de valeurs et de pratiques pédagogiques spécifiques. Pour ce faire, cet article s'appuiera sur des recherches sur les pédagogies distinctives pour poursuivre le travail d'identification d'une pédagogie distinctive pour les bibliothèques universitaires impliquées dans l'enseignement de la maîtrise de l'information. Pour Lee S. Shulman, les pédagogies distinctives décrivent les pratiques d'enseignement utilisées pour former les nouvelles.aux professionnel.le.s, et elles sont essentielles pour comprendre comment une profession se développe. En participant au processus d'élaboration d'une pédagogie distinctive, les bibliothécaires universitaires seraient en mesure de s'interroger sur la nature et le but de leur pratique, ainsi que de jeter les bases pour façonner la formation initiale et continue des bibliothécaires en exercice et en développement.
Mots-clés :
- développement professionnel,
- formation bibliothécaire,
- formation en bibliothèque,
- pédagogie distinctive
Appendices
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