Critical library instruction : theories and methods / edited by Maria T. Accardi, Emily Drabinski, and Alana Kumbier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Accardi, Maria T.

Drabinski, Emily.

Kumbier, Alana.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library orientation for college students.

Information literacy--Study and teaching (Higher).

Information literacy.

Research--Methodology--Study and teaching (Higher).

Research.

Academic libraries--Relations with faculty and curriculum.

Academic libraries.

Critical pedagogy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Place of Publication:

Duluth, MN : Library Juice Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A collection of articles about various ways of applying critical pedagogy and related educational theories to library instruction"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Section One Conceptual Toolkit; "There's Nothing on my Topic!" Using the Theories of Oscar Wilde and Henry Giroux to Develop Critical Pedagogy for Library Instruction. Elisabeth Pankl and Jason Coleman; Information Literacy and Social Power Jonathan Cope; Breaking the Ontological Mold: Bringing Postmodernism and Critical Pedagogy into Archival Educational Programming Lisa Hooper; Grand Narratives and the Information Cycle in the Library Instruction Classroom Sara Franks

Depositories of Knowledge: Library Instruction and the Development of Critical Consciousness Bryan M. Kopp and Kim Olson- KoppSection Two Classroom Toolkit; Problem-based learning as teaching strategy Elizabeth Peterson; Re-visioning the library seminar through a lens of critical pedagogy Caroline Sinkinson & Mary Caton Lingold; Negotiating Virtual Contact Zones: Revolutions in the Role of the Research Workshop Margaret Rose Torrell; Paradigm Shift: Utilizing Critical Feminist Pedagogy in Library Instruction Sharon Ladenson; Section Three Teaching in Context

Preparing Critically Conscious, Information Literate Special Educators for Alaska's Schools Thomas Scott Duke, Jennifer Diane Ward and Jill BurkertInformation and Service Learning John S. Riddle; Critical Pedagogy and Information Literacy in Community Colleges Gretchen Keer; Making a Home: Critical Pedagogy in a Library Internship Program for High School Students Daren A. Graves, Mary McGowan and Doris Ann Sweet; Section Four Unconventional Texts; Posing the Wikipedia "Problem": Information Literacy and the Praxis of Problem- Posing in Library Instruction Heidi LM Jacobs

Information Literacy Standards and the Politics of Knowledge Production: Using User- Generated Content to Incorporate Critical Pedagogy. Maura SealeCritical Approach to Asia through Library Collections and Instruction in North America: Selection of Culture and Counter-hegemonic Library Practices Hiromitsu Inokuchi and Yoshiko Nozaki; Section Five Institutional Power; Teaching Against the Grain: Critical Assessment in the Library Classroom Maria T. Accardi; Information Is Personal: Critical Information Literacy and Personal Epistemology Troy A. Swanson

Encountering Values: The Place of Critical Consciousness in the Competency Standards Benjamin HarrisDisintermediation and Resistance: Giroux and Radical Praxis in the Library Ruth Mirtz; The Library as "Stuck Place": Critical Pedagogy in the Corporate University Cathy Eisenhower and Dolsy Smith; About the Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-936117-40-1

OCLC:

929119005