tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712691004606697372.post4501865751426178007..comments2021-09-02T18:00:59.301+10:00Comments on ALIA Sydney: Thoughts on LIS education from a first time tutorALIA Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13177121254144340266noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712691004606697372.post-17634903502501767412012-06-11T08:01:24.276+10:002012-06-11T08:01:24.276+10:00Really interesting post Kate. Thanks for reflectin...Really interesting post Kate. Thanks for reflecting on your experience.<br /><br />The challenge of diverse ambitions, as well as the idea of providing maximum flexibility, are concerns of mine. But there are two reasons that we can&#39;t offer a smaller core set of units and lots of choice for tailoring programs. The first of these is that we have to cover particular content in order to have our courses accredited. The second issue is that for the volume of students we typically have in LIS courses, we simply can&#39;t offer more units. If we ran a unit on public librarianship, for example, we may not have the numbers to make up a class.<br /><br />What we do instead is give students the opportunity to specialise by tailoring their assignment work to suit their ambitions. We get them to contextualise their assignment however they think will serve them best.<br /><br />Your suggestion about a more substantial research component is an excellent one. In academic libraries, increasingly librarians will be working in research support roles that see them become a player in the research process. Librarians with research qualifications are highly sought after. Doing a research project is also a way to specialise and a way to get your foot in the door with an employer. Because we wholeheartedly believe our graduates must have real world research skills, we have a compulsory project unit in our course. Many of our students use one of their electives to do allow them to do a more substantial project. And we also offer an advanced coursework Masters that requires students to do a substantial project - equivalent to a semester full time. Students get so much out of the project unit: exposure to the sector they&#39;re interested in; development of research skills; and often, a publication.<br /><br />I like the point you make about teaching students to think. I like to think what we do is teach students to learn... Which relates to your last point: the most important thing we can teach our students is that they cannot walk off campus at the end of their degree and think they&#39;re done with learning. Graduation is only the beginning.katiedavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237534881747818723noreply@blogger.com
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