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Meaningful Work when Work Won't Love You Back: Sociological Imagination and Reflective Teaching Practice.

  • Published In: Portal: Libraries & the Academy, 2023, v. 23, n. 4. P. 671 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Baer, Andrea 3 of 3

Abstract

This essay explores the tension between pursuing meaningful work in instruction librarianship and the realities of working in a society in which many jobs provide little fulfillment or pleasure, or, as the journalist Sarah Jaffe puts it, "Work won't love you back." Drawing on a recent conference keynote by Anne Helen Petersen, C. Wright Mills's conception of sociological imagination, and an ecological model of teacher agency, I propose that one way librarians can sustain their teaching practices and preserve their well-being is by actively investigating how social structures and relationships influence their teaching roles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Portal: Libraries & the Academy. 2023/10, Vol. 23, Issue 4, p671
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:1531-2542
  • DOI:10.1353/pla.2023.a908697
  • Accession Number:172809087
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