Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report findings of an action research on students’ perceptions of their area of study, Library and Information Science (LIS). The paper aims to demonstrate how an inquiry‐based learning (IBL) can help students to gain a more realistic view of their discipline and consequently become more involved in the active learning.Design/methodology/approach – The data were collected in two phases during an academic year. The data collection tools were observation, interview, and questionnaire with open‐ended questions. In total, 38 first‐year LIS undergraduate students at Tarbiat Mollem University (TMU) in Tehran formed the target group. The study adopted a qualitative approach to seek a deep insight into the case and did not attempt to generalize the results.Findings – At the beginning of the first semester, most of the students did not possess a clear and realistic view of their discipline and they had to cope with uncertainty and ambiguity about their future career. Emplo...
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