8 Teaching Resources Discussion
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Readings & Questions
Work through this list over the course of your first two quarters and discuss the questions for reflection with a librarian mentor.
- The Library’s instruction page: https://libguides.seattlecentral.edu/library/faculty
Question for reflection: As you read through the readings that follow, do you see any important concepts that are missing from our teaching statement?
- Critical Library Instruction by
Please read Critical Pedagogy and Information Literacy in Community Colleges by Gretchen Keer (or more!) from this work.
Question for reflection How do you define critical information literacy for yourself. Do you think this is a valuable perspective on our work?
- Feminist Pedagogy for Library Instruction by
Select a single chapter to read from this. In addition, please read through the examples of activities, worksheets, and assessments to be found in the appendix of this book.
Question for Reflection Our guiding professional documents from ALA and ACRL emphasize the need to protect and foster intellectual freedom. This is often translated into library practice that is “neutral,” and depersonalized. Is Accardi’s call for feminist pedagogy that is personal, caring, and political in conflict with the dominant library ideology of neutrality? Is neutrality in teaching possible or desirable?
- Culturally Responsive Teaching by
Read the “Culture and Communication” chapter.
Question for Reflection The library profession is largely monocultural: overwhelmingly white, female, and middle aged. Our students–at Seattle Central College and most other institutions of higher education–are diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, age and gender expression. Does this difference in demographics between teachers and students in the library create a pedagogical gap that needs to be bridged? What is the value of being able to recognize different communication styles in the classroom? How could you act upon this knowledge in the information literacy classroom?
- Quality questioning: research-based practice to engage every learner by
- Information Literacy Instruction Handbook by
You can retrieve a print copy of this through our catalog. Read the article “Instruction & program design through assessment.” You can also find the article version and read that instead.
Question for Reflection Deb Gilchrist has had an enormous influence on contemporary practices in library instruction and assessment. Think about the value of assessment for our work–and potential pitfalls in these practices (for some critical reflection on assessment, look back at the Accardi reading)
- Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts by
Browse lesson plans as you prepare to assist with or teach your first class.
