Becoming confident teachers : a guide for academic librarians / Claire McGuinness.
Material type:
TextSeries: Chandos information professional seriesPublication details: Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2011.Description: xviii, 227 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781843346296 (pbk.)
- 184334629X
- Academic librarians -- Training of
- Library education (Continuing education)
- Information literacy -- Study and teaching (Higher)
- Electronic information resource literacy -- Study and teaching (Higher)
- Academic libraries -- Relations with faculty and curriculum
- Research -- Methodology -- Study and teaching (Higher)
- Library orientation
- 027.7 MCG
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| Reference | Moylish Library Reference | 027.7 MCG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Library Use Only | 39002100532424 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Becoming Confident Teachers examines the teaching role of information professionals at a time of transition and change in higher education. While instruction is now generally accepted as a core library function in the 21st century, librarians often lack sufficient training in pedagogy and instructional design; consequently finding their teaching responsibilities to be stressful and challenging. By exploring the requirements and responsibilities of the role, this book guides teaching librarians to a position where they feel confident that they have acquired the basic body of knowledge and procedures to handle any kind of instructional requests that come their way, and to be proactive in developing and promoting teaching and learning initiatives. In addition, this book suggests strategies and methods for self-development and fostering a "teacher identity," giving teaching librarians a greater sense of purpose and direction, and the ability to clearly communicate their role to non-library colleagues and within the public sphere.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index.
Becoming Confident Teachers examines the teaching role of information professionals at a time of transition and change in higher education. While instruction is now generally accepted as a core library function in the 21st century, librarians often lack sufficient training in pedagogy and instructional design; consequently finding their teaching responsibilities to be stressful and challenging. By exploring the requirements and responsibilities of the role, this book guides teaching librarians to a position where they feel confident that they have acquired the basic body of knowledge and procedures to handle any kind of instructional requests that come their way, and to be proactive in developing and promoting teaching and learning initiatives. In addition, this book suggests strategies and methods for self-development and fostering a teacher identity, giving teaching librarians a greater sense of purpose and direction, and the ability to clearly communicate their role to non-library colleagues and within the public sphere.