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Direct linkHadjioannou, Xenia; Cappiello, Mary Ann; Bandré, Patricia; Burgess, Matthew; Crawford, Patricia; Dávila, Denise; Gardner, Roberta Price; Johnston, Kari; Lowery, Ruth; Stewart, Melissa – National Council of Teachers of English, 2023
Contemporary nonfiction for young people plays a crucial role in the reading and writing lives of K-12 students. It is a rich and compelling genre that supports students' development as critically, visually, and informationally literate 21st century thinkers and creators. Unlike many textbooks and materials written for online or print-based school…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Nonfiction, Literature, Teaching Methods
National Council of Teachers of English, 2021
This position statement affirms the need to develop accessible and effective reading pedagogies in college writing classrooms so that students can engage more deeply in all of their courses and develop the reading abilities that will be essential to their success in college, in their careers, and for their participation in a democratic society.…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition), Teaching Methods, College Students
Download full textSmith, Linda C. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2015
Cheney's paper was the first major article on the subject of teaching reference in American library schools. In the article, she addressed three questions: (1) Who is teaching reference?; (2) What is being taught?; and (3) How is it being taught? In this article, Linda Smith discusses how the teaching of reference has changed in the more than 50…
Descriptors: Library Education, Graduate Study, Reference Services, Library Services
Chu, Clara M. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2015
Student-centered learning was the pedagogical approach that was tried but found wanting in Charles Martell's classroom; the experience which he describes in his 1972 "JELIS" article. Persuaded by research accounts that student-centered teaching was more effective in stimulating critical thinking, he sought to apply it to enhance graduate…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Library Education, Student Participation, Teaching Methods
Helkenberg, Davin; Schoenberger, Nicole; Kooy, S. A. Vander; Pemberton, Amanda; Ali, Karim; Bartlett, Sarah; Clair, Jillian; Crombleholme, Sydney; Dee, Alison; DePierro, Kristy; Greenwood, Timothy; Lobzun, Meagan; Petersen, Cassandra; Saunders, Sabrina Redwing; Tarzi, Mary; Ward, Kristyn; Zip, Stacey – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2018
This paper was produced as a collaborative project by a Progressive Librarianship class at an ALA-accredited Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program located in Canada. Recent research in LIS has identified a need for issues of social justice to be discussed more prominently in LIS education. From a uniquely student perspective,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Information Science Education, Library Science
LeClercq, Angie – Media and Methods, 1979
Relates ways in which librarians are using their traditional print-related skills for the selection, organization, and servicing of audiovisual collections in order to make these materials more accessible to both students and teachers. (FL)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Librarians
Peer reviewedZachert, Martha Jane K. – Special Libraries, 1989
Discusses the trend toward the provision of educational services by special libraries. Examples of educational services provided by law libraries, health and science libraries, and corporate libraries are reviewed, new educational formats are described, and factors that should influence the decision to provide educational services are identified.…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Information Scientists
Oberhauser, O.; Wurzl, R. – 1982
This report describes the library instruction program at the Technische Universitaet Wien (Technical University of Vienna) in Austria and proposes various program improvements, which are based in part on the results of a 1979 survey of over 2,600 faculty and students. An overview of the present state-of-the-art of library user education and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedFerstl, Kenneth L. – Catholic Library World, 1987
This paper presented at the 1987 convention of the Catholic Library Association explores the role of the librarian as a teacher in school and public libraries and among clienteles ranging from school-age children to older adults. (EM)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Peer reviewedFryling, Margo J. – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Describes experiences of a librarian who participated in the World Library Partnership to volunteer in a South African elementary school library during a summer. Discusses classroom teaching techniques; library technical processes; training library staff and teachers; student workers; story times; library instruction; and library policy. (LRW)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Library Instruction
Peer reviewedStieg, Margaret F. – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1980
Discusses the pros and cons of four methods of teaching reference skills in library schools: the specific title approach, types of reference sources, case studies, and the scientific inquiry approach. A case is made for the problem approach to teaching reference. (Author/FM)
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Library Education, Library Schools, Library Services
Peer reviewedJacobson, Frances F. – Reference Services Review, 1988
Discusses the necessity of incorporating bibliographic instruction courses into the curriculum of teacher preparation programs and reviews the literature in this area. A unit which introduces elementary education majors to school library services as a part of a required children's literature course at Western State College of Colorado is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Skills, Preservice Teacher Education
Larson, Mary Ellen; Freivalds, Dace – 1985
This study on the role of instruction in encouraging the successful performance of the first-time online catalog user examined three relationships to evaluate the effects of an instructional program: the comparative effectiveness of four instructional methods in orienting users to the online catalog; the influence of an instruction program on user…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Intermode Differences
Whitney, Anne Elrod – English Education, 2011
School is sometimes framed as a place for preparing, a place for becoming college and career ready. At times this approach positions school as an important space "within" the world of college and careers, envisioned perhaps as Dewey imagined it, as a safe place to try things, a space where real work of participation in society could be done but in…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Relevance (Education), School Role, Children
Peer reviewedJenkins, Lawrence – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2001
Offers suggestions to librarians for enhancing delivery of bibliographic instruction sessions. Includes topics such as "attitude matters more than content,""you may need a coffee bar for librarians,""rigidity is only good for dams,""learning travels up the fingertips," and "they want it convenient." (NB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, College Libraries, Community Colleges
