Leading with love and hospitality: applying a radical pedagogy to LIS
Information and Learning Sciences
ISSN: 2398-5348
Article publication date: 19 November 2018
Issue publication date: 23 January 2019
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to suggest that classroom instructors should reflect and revise their pedagogy to lead a classroom designed to produce future information professionals who will be prepared to serve their communities in a radical way.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper reviews the literature related to radical and humanizing pedagogies and then features an auto ethnographic case study which details how the author implemented some of the strategies.
Findings
Formal study of pedagogy can improve the library and information science (LIS) teaching and learning process.
Practical implications
Examining pedagogy in a formal way yields concrete suggestions for improving classroom management and content delivery.
Social implications
Using a radical pedagogy can improve relationships between teachers and learners, and learners will be able to model the classroom strategies in their own professional practice.
Originality/value
The study builds upon current examples of radical practice in the field and examines how such practices can be instilled even earlier in LIS graduate classrooms.
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Citation
Cooke, N.A. (2019), "Leading with love and hospitality: applying a radical pedagogy to LIS", Information and Learning Sciences, Vol. 120 No. 1/2, pp. 119-132. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-06-2018-0054
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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