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Nichols Hess, Amanda – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2019
As librarians' instructional responsibilities diversify, it is useful to consider what factors influence how they see themselves as educators. In this research, the author used a survey instrument grounded in transformative learning theory to explore what factors librarians who provided online or blended/hybrid instruction felt had impacted their…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Librarians, Academic Libraries, Synchronous Communication
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Hooper, Michaela D. Willi; Scharf, Emily – Journal of Transformative Education, 2017
This literature review is intended to examine transformative learning within the context of academic libraries and its applications for librarians. Although the main audience is academic librarians who facilitate student learning, it may also be of interest to other practitioners and researchers who are interested in applying transformative…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Academic Libraries, Literature Reviews, Library Instruction
Dowell, Barbara F. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Library research studies have provided evidence that teacher-librarians (TLs) impact student academic success; nevertheless, TLs statewide and internationally are at a critical juncture due to stakeholder groups' ambiguous perceptions regarding their influence on student achievement. The problem in this study involves a local independent school…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Librarian Attitudes
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Townsend, Lori; Brunetti, Korey; Hofer, Amy R. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2011
What do we teach when we teach information literacy in higher education? This paper describes a pedagogical approach to information literacy that helps instructors focus content around transformative learning thresholds. The threshold concept framework holds promise for librarians because it grounds the instructor in the big ideas and underlying…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Information Literacy, Higher Education, Models