Creative Pedagogy and Information Literacy in Higher Education

This paper explores the language around creative pedagogical practice - that the definitions and theories that inform creative pedagogical practice are not universally shared and understood by all in the information literacy field. This paper will discuss preliminary results of a grounded theory study, conducted with library information literacy instructors, that reveal a need to develop a better understanding and definition of creative pedagogy in information literacy. The aim of the research/paper is to synthesize findings into a theory to better account for what explains the application of creative pedagogy in the teaching of information literacy. The paper will summarize preliminary research findings that address the varied considerations for employing creative pedagogy in the information literacy classroom. The preliminary findings represent data from a larger, ongoing study.