Faculty-librarian collaboration and the development of critical skills through dynamic purposeful learning

摘要

This article focuses on the benefits of combining collaborative teaching and information literacy as a partnership between librarians and faculty members. It discusses how student learning is enhanced as a result of librarian and faculty member collaboration through the use of a three-stage pedagogical technique we call Dynamic Purposeful Learning (DPL). Through DPL, students learn information literacy, research skills, and other post-secondary critical skills. In order for students to benefit from a librarian and faculty collaborative approach, DPL is applied to a multi-stage sociological research methods assignment that includes students engaging in participant observation field research. The outcome of DLP is that students are assisted throughout all stages of the research process based on a partnership between the librarian and faculty member.