Amanda Nichols Hess
Academic Librarians’ Educational Factors and Perceptions of Teaching Transformation: An Exploratory Examination
Oakland University|Michigan United
abstractx0d objective information literacy instruction increasingly important function academic librarianship relevant consider librarians attitudes teaching specifically instructive consider academic librarians different educational backgrounds developed thinking educators understanding influences shifts happened help librarians explore different supports structures enable experience perspective transformationx0d methods author electronically distributed modified version kings 2009 learning activities survey academic librarians three instructionfocused electronic mail lists instrument collected information participants demographics occurrence perspective transformation around teaching perception factors influenced said perspective transformation applicable author analyzed data academic librarians experienced perspective transformation around teaching identities determine statistically significant relationships existed education factors reported influencing transformationx0d results results demonstrated several statistically significant relationships differences factors academic librarians different educational backgrounds cited influential teachingfocused perspective transformationx0d conclusion research offers starting point considering support different groups librarians engage information literacy instruction findings suggest addressing academic librarians needs based educational levels eg additional masters degrees phds professional degrees may help develop productive professional learning around instruction