"Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts: Lesson Plans for Librarians is a collection designed by instruction librarians to promote critical thinking and engaged learning. It provides teaching librarians detailed, ready-to-use, and easily adaptable lesson ideas to help …
Multitasking teens can talk on their cell phones while instant messaging, then toggle between discussion board, blog, and e-mail account, possibly collaborate on a project, or more likely chat with friends. If technology is ever-present for this wireless generation, what is the …
Critical library instruction: theories and methods
"A collection of articles about various ways of applying critical pedagogy and related educational theories to library instruction"--Provided by publisher.
Situated at the intersection of two of the most important areas in educational research today - literacy and technology - this handbook draws on the potential of each while carving out important new territory. It provides leadership for this newly emerging field, directing schol…
"In a collection of scholarly essays, this volume examines how academic libraries assess liaison activities and offers recommendations for documenting the impact of programs and services. Individual chapters address liaison activities relating to collection development, library …
"Learning and Literacy over Time addresses two gaps in literacy research--studies offering longitudinal perspectives on learners and the trajectory of their learning lives inside and outside of school, and studies revealing how past experiences with literacy and learning inform …
"This hands-on guide provides a unique compilation of active-learning exercises that will enhance any for-credit library instruction class, no matter what the setting or audience"--
"Beginning with a description of what it means to be information literate, the author goes on to highlight how the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) standards can be integrated into the curriculu…
Char Booth introduces a series of concepts that will empower readers at any level of experience to become better designers and presenters, as well as building their confidence and satisfaction as library educators. Booth outlines a four-part framework of instructional literacy, …
In the context of moral panics surrounding social media, the internet and video games and concerns over how digital media is affecting the young and their ability to learn and communicate effectively, this book puts forward arguments for how digital media is transforming languag…