ERIC Number: EJ1359016
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Sep
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0870
EISSN: EISSN-2150-6701
You Only Get One Shot: Critically Exploring and Reimagining the One-Shot Instruction Model
Pho, Annie; Abumeeiz, Salma; Bisbee, Kristina Vela; Mody, Nisha; Romero, Renee; Tranfield, Wynn; Worsham, Doug
College & Research Libraries, v83 n5 p726-738 Sep 2022
This article explores the one-shot library instruction model by asking critical questions about how it has become ubiquitous in the field. The authors developed these questions with the intent to understand how early-career librarians become acculturated to one-shots, how social identity and positionality shape instructional practices, its impact on burnout, equity, and sustainability, and how the one-shot could be reimagined. This article employs personal critical reflection as a methodology, using interviews with the team of authors and two external participants. Analysis of the interview data showed themes of organizational acculturation with one-shot training, empowerment/disempowerment to employ different instruction models, and the tension between the transactional and relational nature of library instruction. Through these reflections, the article advocates that a relational instruction model helps promote equitable, reflective teaching and learning experiences for librarians and students alike as a way to disrupt the tradition of the one-shot.
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Criticism, Novices, Librarians, Academic Libraries, Acculturation, Empowerment, Organizational Culture, Librarian Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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