Transforming Academic Library Instruction : shifting teaching practices to reflect changed perspectives /

Hess, Amanda Nichols, 1986-

Transforming Academic Library Instruction : shifting teaching practices to reflect changed perspectives / Amanda Nichols Hess. - Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. - 195 pages 24 cm. - Innovations in information literacy .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Academic librarians, instruction, and teaching identities -- Transformative learning theory : a primer -- How teaching transformation begins : catalysts and disorienting dilemmas -- How teaching transformation develops : overarching personal inputs -- How teaching transformation develops : relational components -- How teaching transformation develops : professional components -- How teaching transformation develops : underlying external influences -- Teaching transformation in practice : resulting teaching identities -- Transforming teaching in the future : key conclusions and research directions.

"This book examines how academic librarians think about or approach instruction as a part of their work. Through explicating this metacognitive process, this book helps both academic librarians and librarians-to-be to more intentionally consider their teaching practices and professional identities"--

9781538110522 (hbk)

2018018795


Library orientation for college students.
Information literacy--Study and teaching (Higher)
Academic libraries--Relations with faculty and curriculum.

Z711.25 .C65 / H586 2018

025.5/677


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