Small Group Teaching in Library and Information Science (Report‪)‬

Introduction Student learning is one of the primary goals of universities. Suitable student-oriented teaching methods can help motivate students and help them realize their potential. One of these methods is small group teaching. It is student-centered and the tutor plays the role of facilitator (Bakhtiyar Nasrabadi, Norouzi, 2003). This method is being used and evaluated in a number of disciplines. Trinity University, in Ireland, for example, has done research that examines the purpose of small group teaching in 30 different majors (Small Group Teaching, 2003). LIS is not one of these 30. Fattahi (2000) says that, "educational programs in library and information science have not a firm theoretical base corresponding to new educational methods. In most cases the goal is transmitting information and skills to the students and the successful students are those who can remember information without changes. We could not develop critical thinking and analytic view in students". Hoseinikhah (2005) considers LIS education a teacher-oriented model which makes students inactive.