Rethinking the Neoliberal University: Critical Library Pedagogy in an Age of Transition
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| contents | Rethinking the Neoliberal University: Critical Library Pedagogy in an Age of Transition Coleman, Jason Pankl, Lis Neoliberalism Critical Theory Library Instruction Educational Change Academic Libraries Information Literacy Educational Objectives Educational Theories Social Theories In the chapter we wrote 10 years ago for "Critical Library Instruction: Theories and Methods" we asked instructors to free themselves from the stifling heritage of positivism that privileged tools and instrumentality above meaning. Drawing on Henry Giroux and Oscar Wilde, we urged our peers to embrace dialogue that respects the individual and draws connections between information literacy and the students' authentic goals and experiences. In this essay we describe numerous changes over that past decade that embrace the central themes of our chapter. We then explain that these examples coexist within a vast edifice of antithetical, neoliberal institutions. We summarize Giroux's recent work decrying the influence of neoliberalism on universities, describe how pressures to deliver instruction economically while demonstrating wide impacts are affecting the adoption of critical approaches, and discuss how the trend toward increasing specialization is giving new life to traditional, noncritical instruction. We conclude by repeating our call for library instructors to use dialog to help learners become more reflective and capable. |
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| spellingShingle | Rethinking the Neoliberal University: Critical Library Pedagogy in an Age of Transition Coleman, Jason Pankl, Lis Neoliberalism Critical Theory Library Instruction Educational Change Academic Libraries Information Literacy Educational Objectives Educational Theories Social Theories Rethinking the Neoliberal University: Critical Library Pedagogy in an Age of Transition Coleman, Jason Pankl, Lis Neoliberalism Critical Theory Library Instruction Educational Change Academic Libraries Information Literacy Educational Objectives Educational Theories Social Theories In the chapter we wrote 10 years ago for "Critical Library Instruction: Theories and Methods" we asked instructors to free themselves from the stifling heritage of positivism that privileged tools and instrumentality above meaning. Drawing on Henry Giroux and Oscar Wilde, we urged our peers to embrace dialogue that respects the individual and draws connections between information literacy and the students' authentic goals and experiences. In this essay we describe numerous changes over that past decade that embrace the central themes of our chapter. We then explain that these examples coexist within a vast edifice of antithetical, neoliberal institutions. We summarize Giroux's recent work decrying the influence of neoliberalism on universities, describe how pressures to deliver instruction economically while demonstrating wide impacts are affecting the adoption of critical approaches, and discuss how the trend toward increasing specialization is giving new life to traditional, noncritical instruction. We conclude by repeating our call for library instructors to use dialog to help learners become more reflective and capable. |
| title | Rethinking the Neoliberal University: Critical Library Pedagogy in an Age of Transition |
| topic | Neoliberalism Critical Theory Library Instruction Educational Change Academic Libraries Information Literacy Educational Objectives Educational Theories Social Theories |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1256638 |