Practical Academic Library Instruction: Learner-Centered Techniques

This guide provides busy academic librarians with practical, research-supported techniques for information literacy instruction, including engaging students, building rapport, and promoting ownership of learning. It is organized for quick access to techniques and draws from educational research to apply them to learner-centered teaching.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 144 pages
Publication date: 28 February 2023
Publisher: American Library Association

Academic librarians who are pressed for time and seeking dependable, research-backed strategies to implement right away will find them in this practical guide for information literacy education. Being in control of your material is just the beginning when you stand in front of the class by yourself. Ensuring that learning is engaging and long-lasting requires knowing how to engage students in ways that promote ownership. Oehrli, who has 20 years of experience in both conventional and non-traditional settings, shares proven strategies in this guide. She applies these strategies to the learner-centered teaching of information literacy subjects using educational research. This book, which is designed for easy access to techniques whenever you need them, will teach you: how to use guiding principles to shape your personal philosophy of teaching; how to address the unequal power dynamics of a classroom; 5 fundamental questions to guide your preparation for a class; tips for communicating with students in the language of the ACRL Framework; simple and subtle ways to build rapport with students; real-world applications of education research concepts such as Keller's ARCS theory of motivation; metacognitive techniques that foster student ownership of learning; other tips for asking good discussion questions and how to use the think/pair/share method to encourage discussion; techniques for defusing distraction in the classroom through proximity, pivoting, and pausing; and interactive methods to uncover students' prior knowledge in research.

Weight: 363g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780838936429