Overview

While academic librarians frequently discuss critical thinking and its relationship to information literacy, the literature does not contain an abundance of sources on the topic. Therefore, this works provides a current and timely perspective on the possible roles of critical thinking within the library program. The work contains a variety of approaches likely to benefit the practicing librarian. It begins with a review of the literature, followed by theoretical approaches involving constructivism and the Socratic method. Readers will find pieces on the integration of critical thinking into the first-year experience and course-specific case studies, as well as a selection on a campus-wide critical thinking project. In each of the pieces, librarians are exploring new ways to meet their instructional goals, including the goal of teaching critical thinking skills to students across the curriculum. This book was originally published as a special issue of College & Undergraduate Libraries.

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Author:   John Spencer (University of Gonzaga, USA) ,  Christopher Millson-Martula (Lynchburg College Library, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9780415998383

ISBN 10:   0415998387
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   20 January 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

FROM THE EDITOR The Evolution of Critical Thinking Skills in Library Instruction, 1986–2006: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography and Review of Selected Programs Erin L. Ellis and Kara M. Whatley Promoting Critical Thinking Skills in Online Information Literacy Instruction Using a Constructivist Approach Maryellen Allen Finding a Socratic Method for Information Literacy Instruction Nicholas Schiller Step by Step through the Scholarly Conversation: A Collaborative Library/Writing Faculty Project to Embed Information Literacy and Promote Critical Thinking in First Year Composition at Oregon State University Anne-Marie Deitering and Sara Jameson Advancing Critical Thinking and Information Literacy Skills in First Year College Students Mark Alfino, Michele Pajer, Linda Pierce, and Kelly O’Brien Jenks Modeling Scholarly Inquiry: One Article at a Time Anne Marie Gruber, Mary Anne Knefel, and Paul Waelchli Critical Thinking is a Life Relevancy: A Hospitality Management Student Case Study Monica Berger Information Literacy in Subject-Specific Vocabularies: A Path to Critical Thinking Linda Heichman Taylor Using Bloom’s Taxonomy to Teach Critical Thinking Skills to Business Students Nancy Nentl and Ruth Zietlow You Can Lead Students to Sources, but Can You Make Them Think? Pamela Hayes-Bohanan and Elizabeth Spievak We Won’t Be Fooled Again: Teaching Critical Thinking via Evaluation of Hoax and Historical Revisionist Websites in a Library Credit Course Stephanie M. Mathson and Michael G. Lorenzen Learning More About How They Think: Information Literacy Instruction in a Campus-Wide Critical Thinking Project Corey M. Johnson, Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, and Scott Walter

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