Critical pedagogies to combat the deficit model in community college libraries: A perspective

Terrile offers insight on the critical pedagogies to combat the deficit model in community college libraries. The deficit model positions white, middle-class experiences and values as the norm against which all other experiences and cultures are measured; it is therefore not surprising that students...

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Published in:The Journal of academic librarianship 2019-09, Vol.45 (5), p.102000, Article 102000
Main Author: Terrile, Vikki C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Community colleges
Critical thinking
Library and information science
Pedagogy
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Summary:Terrile offers insight on the critical pedagogies to combat the deficit model in community college libraries. The deficit model positions white, middle-class experiences and values as the norm against which all other experiences and cultures are measured; it is therefore not surprising that students attending community colleges are so frequently labeled deficient or lacking. Deficit thinking and a sense of faculty as unquestioned authority is also common within information and library science, and academic library services. Critical approaches to education and librarianship offer critiques of the economic, political, and cultural structures that impact social contexts, question and challenge systems of power and oppression, and often call for radical action for social change. Even from this admittedly oversimplified perspective, it is clear that critical pedagogy is a direct challenge to deficit model thinking about students.
ISSN:0099-1333
1879-1999
DOI:10.1016/j.acalib.2019.02.003