Date Created
2023
Abstract
In this critical self-reflective essay, I first share key learning moments in my development as a teacher librarian dedicated to pursuing more inclusive and equitable information literacy instruction. In these moments, first-generation students gave me the invaluable gift of sharing with me the harm I was causing them by emphasizing course content and behavior policing over people and relationships. Next, I use the lenses of cultural humility and funds of knowledge to reflect critically on those moments. Finally, I share ways I have changed my professional praxis as a consequence.
Publication Title
Exploring inclusive & equitable pedagogies: Creating space for all learners
Document Type
Article
Volume
2
First Page
539
Last Page
548
Keywords
first-generation students; information literacy instruction; equity; inclusion; funds of knowledge; cultural humility
Digital Origin
Born digital
Publisher
Association of College and Research Libraries
Recommended Citation
Ilett, D. (2023). Learning to put people first: Cultural humility, funds of knowledge, and information literacy instruction with first-generation students. In M. Mallon, J. Nichols, E. Foster, A. Santiago, M. Seale, & R. Brown (Eds.), Exploring inclusive & equitable pedagogies: Creating space for all learners (Vol. 2, pp. 539-548). Association of College and Research Libraries.