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The Formation of an Information Literate Learner: Toward Pedagogies to Address Ontological Obstacles in the Liminal Space
Sara D. Miller Librarian for Interdisciplinary
Teaching and Learning Initiatives Michigan State University
CAPAL 2015 June 2, 2015
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Threshold Concepts & Liminal Space
ACRL Framework positions goals as thresholds
Librarians work “within the journey.”
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Toward a Habitus of Information Literacy
Dispositions and knowledge practices, or habits of mind
Creating a disciplinary thinker
Transformative goals and processes
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Beyond Curriculum and Content
Librarians’ impact within students’ liminal spaces necessitates a critical reexamination of our pedagogies and approaches to IL teaching & learning.
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Liminal space
The space in which movement toward the eventual crossing of a threshold takes place
Processes are not always linear or solely intellectual
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Brereton, K. Liminal-time No 2 [Painting, oil on canvas]. Retrieved from http://www.kurtbrereton.com/dehavshow.html
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Who studies liminality?
Social sciences: Anthropology, religious studies, cultural studies, psychology, education, SoTL, philosophy
Concepts: Rites of passage, ritual, formation, pedagogy
Visual arts, creativity studies
Developmental psychology
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Liminality and Librarians
Pedagogical focus
Teaching assessment = content and outcomes
Learning situations beyond the classroom
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The Medium Is The Message
Formation
Holistic
Transformative
Knowledge, values and beliefs
Not just what, but how
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How is the formation/pedagogy comparison helpful?
Shared goals: transformation of dispositions
Broad focus: holistic approach to learning
Resistance: Where and how?
Philosophically: potential problem areas
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Others examining the connections:
Parker Palmer: “Education as Spiritual Formation”
Peter McLaren: “The Liminal Servant and the Ritual Roots of Critical Pedagogy”
(full citations at end of presentation)
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Formation as Pervasive
Implicit pedagogy (Bordieu)
Hidden curriculum (Palmer)
Cultural liturgies (Smith)
Public pedagogies (Giroux)
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Resistance
In formative or liturgical contexts
Resisting practices & beliefs contrary to spiritual ideals
In critical pedagogy
Resisting oppressive forces opposed to democratic ideals
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Places of Resistance
IL Frames = librarian resistance
Liminal “stuck places” or obstacles = learner resistance
Teacher assumptions = systematic nonresistance
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“Stuck Places” as Resistance
Epistemological obstacles
Ontological obstacles
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Ontological obstacles
What might they be?
Praxis of stuck places (Ellsworth, Meyer and Land)
Teaching can actually make them worse.
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Can “good” pedagogy backfire?
Pedagogy can reverse or impede progress through the liminal space
Oversimplification can create inappropriate understandings (Land et al 2014)
Ellsworth’s experience
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Teacher assumptions as systematic non-resistance
What are our own ontological obstacles?
Examination of our rituals and practices help to identify beliefs.
Recognize that we may be part of the problem.
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Methods and goals at odds?
Language
Expectations of students
Physical space
Authority construction
Beliefs about students
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How can we know?
Identify formative micro and macropractices, rituals, beliefs, and obstacles
Both for teachers and learners
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Types of research methods
Limberg, Sundin, and Talja (2012)
Discourse Analysis
Sociocultural Theory
Ethnography
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Discourse Analysis
Mathematics education: language as exclusionary – construction of authority through restricted mathematical discourse
Writing classrooms: connections between authority and morality
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Ethnography
“Studying Students” (Foster and Gibbons 2007)
Project Information Literacy (Head and Eisenberg, ongoing)
What further questions can be asked of the data?
Bain (2006) examines the rituals of history texts and class structures to reveal hidden authority
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Concluding Questions:
In what ways are our environments formative in relation to IL frames?
Where might we be working against the IL frames?
What obstacles can we uncover that will help us teach more effectively?
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Works Cited Bain, R. B. (2006). Rounding Up Unusual Suspects: Facing the Authority Hidden in the History Classroom. Teachers College Record, 108(10), 2080–2114.
Buzzelli, C., & Johnston, B. (2001). Authority, power, and morality in classroom discourse. Teaching and Teacher Education, 17(8), 873–884.
Council of Writing Program Administrators. (2011). Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing. National Council of Teachers of English, National Writing Project. Retrieved from http://wpacouncil.org/framework
Crossley, N. (2013). Habit and Habitus. Body & Society, 19(2-3), 136–161.
Freitas, E. de, Wagner, D., Esmonde, I., Knipping, C., Borden, L. L., & Reid, D. (2012). Discursive Authority and Sociocultural Positioning in the Mathematics Classroom: New Directions for Teacher Professional Development. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 12(2), 137–159.
Ellsworth, E. (1989). Why Doesn’t This Feel Empowering? Working through the Repressive Myths of Critical Pedagogy. Harvard Educational Review, 59(3), 297.
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Works Cited Ellsworth, E. (1997). Teaching positions : difference, pedagogy, and the power of address. New York: Teachers College Press.
Foster, N. F., & Gibbons, S. (2007). Studying students: the Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.
Limberg, L., Sundin, O., & Talja, S. (2012). Three Theoretical Perspectives on Information Literacy. HUMAN IT, 11(2), 93–130.
McLaren, P. L. (1988). The Liminal Servant and the Ritual Roots of Critical Pedagogy. Language Arts, 65(2), 164–179.
Meyer, J., & Land, R. (2006). Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge: issues of liminality. In Overcoming Barriers to Student Understanding (pp. 19–32). New York: Routledge.
Photo: “Sagrada Familia" by Flickr user Kirsten, used under CC BY / Cropped and rotated from original
Palmer, P. J. (2003). Education as Spiritual Formation. Educational Horizons, 82(1), 55–67.
Purdy, J. P., & Walker, J. R. (2013). Liminal Spaces and Research Identity The Construction of Introductory Composition Students as Researchers. Pedagogy, 13(1), 9–41.
Smith, J. K. A. (2013, March 6). Alternative liturgy. The Christian Century, 130(5), 30–31,33.