Practical Pedagogy for Library Instructors: 17 Innovative Strategies to Improve Student Learning

However, there are just two major pedagogical paradigms which he will be subjecting you to in chapter 1: Use Direct Instruction strategies when you need to present information to students as efficiently and as effectively as possible.

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Use Student-Centered Learning strategies when you want to stress student engagement with learning. Ryan, who is slightly fresher from the halls of Library School, made sure that the rest of the book included lots of active, technology-based strategies for you to use to excite your students. He also tried to make sure that the book was written in a fashion that new librarians, and even NON- librarians, could understand -- not an easy task!

Dear Reader, we hope that you find this book practical. We also hope that you will find our editorial comments mildly humorous, as well.

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Editorial comments appear like this and should enhance, if only slightly, your enjoyment of the chapters. It was either that, or, include a free glass of beer with every book sold?

After you are finished unjamming the printer, answering reference questions, figuring out how the new software works, writing your self- evaluation for your yearly review, and liaisoning with classroom faculty? Smile, learn, and above all else, enjoy! Frank McCourt, Teacher Man: Scribner, , 9.

Theory are as slippery as eels.? Doug Cook, in an e-mail to a librarian named Sara It still made me laugh - Ryan. Acknowledgements Doug and Ryan would like to take this opportunity to thank our colleagues, at our respective Universities, for their encouragement and support throughout the creation of this book. We have spent many hours in a personal purgatory or our cubicles, take your pick whining and moaning about all of the work we had to do in order to get this book finished on time?

We would also like to thank all of our chapter authors for their hard work, creativity, and willingness to share their unique instructional approaches with the community of library instructors around the globe. Finally, we would both like to thank Doug? We thank her for both editorial encouragement and her enthusiasm for this project?

As the editors write in their introduction, the book is mean to be practical, especially for librarians who lack any pedagogical training. For those of us with pedagogy background I have a teaching degree and experience , this book will c This is a book that every library instructor needs to have. For those of us with pedagogy background I have a teaching degree and experience , this book will confirm and validate practice as well as provide a wealth of new ideas.

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The chapters follow a basic pattern: Unlike other items in library literature, the authors here will discuss what works and what does not work. Overall, highly recommended for instruction and information literacy librarians. Aug 11, Jenny rated it it was ok Shelves: While there are some good suggestions for classroom activities in this book, I found myself impatient with the tone and overall quality of the majority of the chapters. I will willingly admit, however, that at least part of my dislike stemmed from my personal thoughts that real scholarship and academic rigor are in short supply in most corners of librarianship.

Too many of the strategies suggested are focused on "fun" and keeping students' interest, and very few on actual learning theory. This c While there are some good suggestions for classroom activities in this book, I found myself impatient with the tone and overall quality of the majority of the chapters.

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This content would have been better suited as a chapter within a larger volume addressing the education needs of a digital student body, and how librarians fit into this model. Sep 03, Krystal rated it really liked it Shelves: I read this book last spring after coming across it while researching a paper for a class. I'm writing this review now though because, now that I am actually doing library instruction, I keep coming back to it when creating lesson plans.

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Dec 10, Courtney rated it really liked it Shelves: This book offered examples of how to improve information literacy instruction. I took a ton of notes as I read the book, as there were a lot of great ideas. Definitely a must-read for any teaching librarians. I am the co-author.

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