Not Just Where to Click: Teaching Students How to Think about Information (PIL #68) (Publications in Librarianship)
Troy Swanson
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Description for Not Just Where to Click: Teaching Students How to Think about Information (PIL #68) (Publications in Librarianship)
Paperback. Editor(s): Swanson, Troy A.; Jagman, Heather. Series: ACRL Publications in Librarianship. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: GLMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
Not Just Where to Click: Teaching Students How to Think about Information explores how librarians and faculty work together to teach students about the nature of expertise, authority, and credibility. It provides practical approaches for motivating students to explore their beliefs, biases, and ways of interpreting the world.
This book also includes chapters that bridge the gap between the epistemological stances and threshold concepts held by librarians and faculty, and those held by students, focusing on pedagogies that challenge students to evaluate authority, connect to prior knowledge and construct new knowledge in a world of information abundance. Authors draw ... Read more
Not Just Where to Click: Teaching Students How to Think about Information explores how librarians and faculty work together to teach students about the nature of expertise, authority, and credibility. It provides practical approaches for motivating students to explore their beliefs, biases, and ways of interpreting the world.
This book also includes chapters that bridge the gap between the epistemological stances and threshold concepts held by librarians and faculty, and those held by students, focusing on pedagogies that challenge students to evaluate authority, connect to prior knowledge and construct new knowledge in a world of information abundance. Authors draw ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Amer Library Assn
Condition
New
Series
ACRL Publications in Librarianship
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL, United States
ISBN
9780838987162
SKU
V9780838987162
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Ref
99-1
About Troy Swanson
Troy A. Swanson is the teaching and learning librarian and the library department chair at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois, USA where he is also the president of the Moraine Valley Faculty Association. Troy is the author of the book Managing Social Media in Libraries: Finding Collaboration, Coordination, and Focus and coauthor of the textbook Why White ... Read more
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