scholarly journals Relegating expertise: The outward and inward positioning of librarians in information literacy education

2021 ◽  
pp. 096100062110201
Author(s):  
Alison Hicks ◽  
Annemaree Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
English Language ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Language Models ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Practice Of Teaching

Previous research has demonstrated that professional narratives reference discourses that shape the practice of information literacy within higher education. This article uses discourse analysis method to identify how information literacy discourses construct and position teaching librarians within higher education. Texts analysed include four recent English-language models of information literacy and 16 textbooks. Analysis suggests the existence of two distinct narratives related to the role, expertise and professional practice of teaching librarians. In the outward-facing narrative librarian work is typically absent from guidelines for practice. In contrast, book introductions, which constitute the inward-facing narrative, centre professional librarians yet simultaneously position them as incompetent, or as lacking the skills and understandings that they need to be effective in this setting. These narratives constitute a form of othering that threatens professional practice at a time when the professionalisation of librarianship is being drawn into question. This article represents the second in a research programme that interrogates the epistemological premises and discourses of information literacy within higher education.

scholarly journals Deconstructing information literacy discourse: Peeling back the layers in higher education

2020 ◽  
pp. 096100062096602
Author(s):  
Alison Hicks ◽  
Annemaree Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Language Models ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Literacy Practice ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Behaviour Modification ◽  
Knowledge And Skills

The discourses of information literacy practice create epistemological assumptions about how the practice should happen, who should be responsible and under what conditions instruction should be given. This paper employs a discourse analysis method (Potter, 2008) to identify discourses of information literacy and the learner from within higher education focused professional texts. Texts analysed include 4 recent English-language models of information literacy and 16 textbooks. Analysis suggests that within higher education, information literacy is shaped by 2 conflicting narratives. The outward facing narrative positions information literacy as an empowering practice that equips learners with the knowledge and skills that they need within complex and fast-paced information environments. The inward facing narrative positions learners as incompetent or as lacking the ability to operate within higher education. This deficit perception consequently threatens the sustainability of information literacy practice by reframing empowerment as a process of top-down behaviour modification. This paper represents the first in a research programme that interrogates the epistemological premises and discourses of information literacy within higher education.

scholarly journals Reaching into the basket of doom: Learning outcomes, discourse and information literacy

2022 ◽  
pp. 096100062110672
Author(s):  
Alison Hicks ◽  
Annemaree Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Language Models ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Theory Of Practice ◽  
Practice Architectures

Learning outcomes form a type of arrangement that holds the practice of information literacy within higher education in place. This paper employs the theory of practice architectures and a discourse analytical approach to examine the learning goals of five recent English-language models of information literacy. Analysis suggests that the practice of information literacy within higher education is composed of 12 common dimensions, which can be grouped into two categories, Mapping and Applying. The Mapping category encompasses learning outcomes that introduce the learner to accepted ways of knowing or what is valued by and how things work within higher education. The Applying category encompasses learning outcomes that encourage the learner to implement or integrate ideas into their own practice, including to their own questions, to themselves or to their experience. Revealing what is prioritised as well as what is less valued within the field at the present time, these findings also raise questions about supposed epistemological differences between models, the influence of research, and the language employed within these documents. This paper represents the third and final piece of work in a research programme that is interrogating the epistemological premises and discourses of information literacy within higher education.

scholarly journals Espoused Theories and Theories-In-Use of Information Literacy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulette A. Kerr ◽  
Ross J. Todd
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
School Library ◽  
Practical Method ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Literacy Practice ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Official Policy

What values, beliefs and conceptions (espoused theories) underpin and shape professional practice (theories-in-use) in information literacy education? This study investigates relationships between espoused theories and theories-in-use of information literacy in academic libraries. The paper reports preliminary findings from an in-depth comparative analysis of one library’s official policy documents and its instruction resources including an online research tutorial. The findings indicate varying patterns of congruence and incongruence between the library’s espoused theories and theories-in-use with incidents of significant gaps. The process of examining espoused theories and theories-in-use provides an evaluative framework for critically analyzing practice with the view of aligning practice more closely with stated goals and rhetoric. The study is therefore presented as a practical method for evaluating tools of information literacy practice in the school library.

scholarly journals Filler Utterances of Instructors in ELT Context

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aloisius Wisnu Mahendra ◽  
Barli Bram
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Analysis Method

This study investigated filler utterances produced by English instructors teaching a general English course considering that fillers play crucial roles in English language teaching (ELT) contexts. Data, consisting of 981 filler utterances, were collected from recorded teaching sessions conducted by female and male English instructors at the Language Institute of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The collected data, in the form of transcribed texts containing instructors’ filler utterances, were examined with the discourse analysis method. The findings showed that the female instructors produced more types of fillers with the total of 639 utterances and the male ones 342. Fourteen types of phrase fillers uttered by the female instructors were as follows: actually, alright, and then, anyway, I guess, I mean, I think, okay, right, so, well, ya (yes), you know, and you see. Thirteen kinds of phrase fillers identified among the male instructors’ utterances were alright, and now, and then, anyway, I guess, I mean, I think, okay, right, so, well, ya (yes), and you know. The frequently identified fillers shared benefits in terms of introducing topics, getting the students’ attention, giving instructions, searching for words, and emphasizing and confirming ideas. 

scholarly journals The question of professional ethics in TESOL: Hospitality as an (im)possible demand?

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Kostogriz
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
English Language ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
The Other ◽  
Language And Literacy ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Speakers Of Other Languages ◽  
The One

25 years ago, TESOL in Context published a paper on the ethics of TESOL. In this paper, Alan Williams, who was the ACTA Councillor and Policy Committee Convenor at that time, reminded the professional community of some moral predicaments in teaching English to others. On the one hand, he recognised the “productive and socially worthwhile” work that most TESOL educators do in providing access to the dominant variety of English language (e.g., SAE), thereby empowering the speakers of other languages and dialects to become socially mobile. On the other hand, Williams argued that the effective teaching of English to others can also lead to their disempowerment due to the alienating effect of assimilation on cultural and linguistic identities of learners. Over the years, this dilemma has received due attention from some leading educators and researchers in the field who have attempted to address the access paradox from a critical-pragmatic perspective (Janks, 2004, 2010). This article returns to the question of access paradox in TESOL, arguing the primacy of the ethical in professional practice. In particular, it draws on ethics as hospitality in thinking about the ethicality of professional ethics to problematise the possibility of socially-just language and literacy education in multicultural conditions.

scholarly journals EM BUSCA DA PEDAGOGIA DA EMANCIPAÇÃO NA EDUCAÇÃO PARA A COMPETÊNCIA EM INFORMAÇÃO SUSTENTÁVELSEARCHING FOR A PEDAGOGY OF EMANCIPATION TO THE SUSTAINABLE INFORMATION LITERACY EDUCATION

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Adriana Dudziak
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
International Study ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Information User ◽  
Teaching Learning

O projeto de pesquisa Competências Info-Midiáticas no Ensino Superior (CIMES), ainda em andamento, permite neste momento apresentar apenas alguns resultados parciais. Tomando por base o campo de estudos internacionalmente reconhecido como IML (Information and Media Literacy), o projeto CIMES tem por objetivo implantar um Sistema Educacional Interativo de Promoção da Competência Info-Midiática dos Estudantes de Ensino Superior das universidades públicas brasileiras. Considerando a magnitude do projeto, várias frentes de trabalho têm sido desenvolvidas, traduzidas em sub-projetos a serem implementados paulatinamente, com a colaboração de diferentes agentes. Um destes sub-projetos está relacionado à conceituação da educação para a competência info-midiática e a definição dos processos de ensino-aprendizagem-avaliação. O objetivo deste artigo não é descrever o projeto e sim propor uma reflexão a respeito das diferentes concepções pedagógicas possíveis a serem utilizadas nos processos de educação para a competência em informação. Com base na revisão teórica feita até o momento, resultados parciais revelam que há distintas concepções e apropriações da pedagogia da competência em informação, determinando diferentes tipos e níveis de ação e intervenção no processo de ensino-aprendizagem-avaliação, e respectivos resultados. A pedagogia da competência em informação, em seu nível mais elevado, conduz à emancipação do estudante como usuário e produtor de informação. Definida como fenômeno dialético, a pedagogia da emancipação constrói-se ininterruptamente mediante um diálogo recursivo entre o ser humano e a realidade, entre sujeito e sociedade, entre meio e mensagem. A proposta é avançar na discussão sobre o modelo pedagógico a ser adotado e, a partir dele, considerar o design do processo educacional como um todo.Abstract The research project Info-Media Literacy in Higher Education (CIMES), still not concluded, allows now to present only partial results. Based on the international study field internationally recognized as IML (Information and Media Literacy), the project aims to deploy CIMES an Interactive Educational System for Promotion of Information and Media Literacy for Higher Education Students of Brazilian public universities. Considering the magnitude of the project, various aspects have been developed, translated into sub-projects that have been implemented gradually, with different actors’ collaboration. One of these sub-projects is about the concept information literacy education and teaching-learning-assessment definition. The aim of this article is not to describe the project. The purpose is to propose a reflection about different possible pedagogical assumptions to be used in information literacy education process. Based on literature review done so far, preliminary results show that there are different conceptions of pedagogy and appropriation of information competence, whose determine different types and action and intervention levels in teaching-learning-evaluation processes and its results. The teaching of information competence, at its highest level, leads to the emancipation of the student as a information user and producer. Defined as a dialectical phenomenon, the pedagogy of emancipation is built continuously by a recursive dialogue between man and reality, between subject and society, between medium and message. The proposal of this paper is to advance The proposal is to advance in the discussion about the pedagogical model to be adopted and, through them, consider the desing of the educational process as a whole. 

EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT EVALUATION IN ENGLISH AS A CRITERION FOR ADMISSION TO MASTER`S DEGREE PROGRAMS IN UKRAINE: PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES

2020 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Л. Е. Бєловецька
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Independent Evaluation

The problem of external independent evaluation in English for admission Master`s degree programs in Ukraine is considered in the article. The perspective for further improvement of English teaching and learning standards at Ukrainian universities has been found. The correspondence to the CEFR basic levels and English proficiency has been identified. Conceptual Principles of State Policy on the Development of English in the Field of Higher Education are considered. The study included 1546 participants. The age of students, who studied to gain the first higher education, was between 17 and 20. The students were not familiar with the structure of External Independent Evaluation and they have never passed it. The research was carried out during the period 2018–2019. The relevance of English language competence in the professional context is noted emphasized as a key point of the presented research. The necessity to provide a sufficient competitive level for Ukrainian graduates through improving correspondent English language training has been considered. The study is based on a study of reports by British experts and contemporary scientific publications presented international researchers have focused on the problems of internationalization and perspectives for Ukrainian universities in the English language dimension. The relevance of studying and adaptation of the UK higher education successful practice has been highlighted. The problems and potential ways of improving students` English language proficiency in the given context are identified. In particular, the study contains important recommendations regarding the number of contact hours and the required levels of English proficiency for the main groups of participants in the educational process in higher education according to international standards.

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