Becoming Confident Teachers

A Guide for Academic Librarians

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-07-26
Vikt430 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieChandos Information Professional Series
FörlagWoodhead Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781843346296

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List of tablesAbout the authorAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: The evolving role of the teaching librarianAbstract:Teaching librarians and the information literacy revolutionWho is the ‘teaching librarian’?Should librarians teach?Teaching librarians – what do academics think?Teaching librarians and professional educationExercises and reflectionsChapter 2: Teaching librarians: 10 concepts shaping the roleAbstract:Developing a ‘teacher identity’Reflective practiceDeveloping a personal teaching philosophy and pedagogical knowledge baseThe virtual learning environmentTeaching a diverse student baseInformation literacy for graduate students and researchersInstructional training for librariansAction research in practiceReinvigorated strategies for collaborationAdvocacy – spreading the wordExercises and reflectionsChapter 3: Preparing teaching librarians for practice: focusing on the basicsAbstract:What are the basics?Conceptualising information literacyArticulating the educational mission of the libraryLearning theoriesBroad learning frameworksInstructional needs assessmentWriting goals, objectives and intended learning outcomesSelecting teaching and learning activitiesCreating effective learning materialsAligning assessment with learning outcomes and activitiesPromotion and outreachExercises and reflectionsChapter 4: Confidence-zappers and how to handle themAbstract:‘Attendance at our elective information literacy workshops is poor – what can I do to encourage students to sign up?’‘How can I facilitate active learning with such a large group of students? Is it possible to do more than lecture?’‘I’m having trouble keeping the students interested in class – they seem bored and unmotivated. Is there anything I can do?’‘It seems like everyone on campus is using the VLE/CMS for their teaching, and I feel left behind – how can I get started with it?’‘I have to teach a group of adult learners and I find it intimidating – how can I live up to their expectations?’‘A lecturer has asked me to give a one-hour session with her class, but no specific idea of what she wants me to cover – how can I develop an effective session?’Exercises and reflectionsChapter 5: Personal and professional development as a teaching librarianAbstract:Evaluation of teaching performanceStudent evaluation of teachingPeer evaluation of teachingApplying for teaching grants and awardsTeaching portfoliosReflective journals and blogsMentoringProfessional learning communitiesCreating and sustaining communities of practicePublishing in journals and presenting at conferencesExercises and reflectionsChapter 6: What librarians think: teaching and learning in the real worldAbstract:Librarians’ work roles, training and involvement in teachingInvolvement in teaching networks and communitiesTeaching grants and awardsLibrarians’ beliefs about how role is perceived by ‘outsiders’Librarians’ pre-employment role conceptions compared with current role experienceLibrarians’ confidence in teachingLibrarians’ challenges in the teaching roleWhat do librarians enjoy about teaching?Librarians’ conceptions of ‘good’ teachingLibrarians’ additional comments about the teaching roleAcademic librarians’ experience of teaching: a short surveyReferencesIndex