ERIC Number: EJ1286625
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jan
Pages: 24
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Critical Discourse Analysis as a Reflection Tool for Information Literacy Instruction: A Case Study Approach of Library Orientation Sessions
Dandar, Devina; Lacey, Sajni
Journal of Information Literacy, v15 n1 p3-25 Jan 2021
This article uses the theoretical perspectives of critical discourse analysis (Mayr, 2008; Fairclough, 1992) and critical pedagogy (Pagowsky & McElroy, 2016; Accardi, et al., 2010) to explore how language is a socially regulating structure used to represent and maintain power within the academic context. These perspectives are applied to two case studies of library terminology used in the authors' library orientation sessions to examine how language reinforces Western academic ideologies and structures of power in the information literacy (IL) classroom. This analysis facilitates an exploration of how language used in these contexts can both alienate and empower students within the IL classroom. In addition, other aspects that are explored include power dynamics and student voice within the classroom, critical discourse analysis as a tool for IL instruction reflection, and how these are connected to critical pedagogy. The authors also provide questions regarding privilege and power in IL to support library professionals in fostering meaningful reflections and dialogue, challenging their status quo and exploring new approaches to using critical IL in teaching.
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Discourse Analysis, Reflection, Information Literacy, Instruction, Language Usage, Ideology, Power Structure, Library Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Library Skills
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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