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Arming the teacher librarian: Using experiential learning & reflective practice
1. Arming the
teacher librarian
Using experiential learning & reflective
practice to guide pedagogy
Alan Carbery - Assistant Director, Teaching, Learning & Assessment
Champlain College Library, Vermont, USA.
Twitter: @acarbery
Blog: edlibbs.wordpress.com
Slideshare: slideshare.net/acarbery
2.
3. I teach best when
I‟m learning about
how I teach
well…
4. I teach best when
I‟m learning about
how I teach
well…about how
my students
learn well..,
5. I teach best when
I‟m learning about
how I teach
well…about how
my students
learn well..,
and how
others teach
6. Good teachers are able to weave a complex web of
connections
among themselves, their subjects, & their students so
that students can learn to weave a world for themselves
– Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach, p. 11.
7. You have to maintain the desire to learn more about
yourself as an educator & the intent to commit to
iterative improvement
- Char Booth, Reflective teaching, effective learning, p. 19.
10. Entering the „educational chrysalis‟ Katrina McDonald
talks about her journey away from „a librarian who
also teaches‟; affirming herself as a
librarian, practitioner, educator, and academic.
McDonald, „Out of the boot camp and into the chrysalis: a reflective
practice case study‟
17. provides a starting point for librarians to foster
instructional improvement & ultimately
to create a deeper professional
practice (Thompson, 2009, p. 225).
19. CIQs alert us to problems
before
the problem develops
20. CIQs situate your
teaching in an
understanding of the
emotional,
cognitive,
political
ebbs and flows of
group learning
– Stephen Brookfield, The
Skillful Teacher, p. 54.
24. “I assumed from my sessions, that it would be clear that
„word dumps‟ won‟t work in literature searching.
Clearly, this isn’t the case .
I need to consider how I can
incorporate into my sessions, exercises
on how to generate keywords”
25. “The brainstorming at the start was very helpful as it
showed us how to start working
on our literature review”
26. “Brainstorming for
keywords to use in the database search
was the moment that I felt most
engaged with what was happening.”
27. “I think students felt that what I was showing them was
all in
context, relevant, practi
cal and useful”
32. Image Credits:
1: 096 http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisbokt/4498820088/
3: Journal http://www.flickr.com/photos/94272988@N00/480306136/
7: Sydney Halo Bridge http://www.flickr.com/photos/akc77/4513185716/
8: Les pistes cyclables de Montréal peuvent être très dangereuses
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39241027@N08/8105644612/
9: White man [notNTR23] http://www.flickr.com/photos/ntr23/4269951848/
10: Precious http://www.flickr.com/photos/13506489@N02/2667162885/
11: Beach Fighters http://www.flickr.com/photos/rgs_/5454110913/
13: Custom Graduation Bot http://www.flickr.com/photos/ittybittiesforyou/4809971201/in/photostream
15: Paperclips: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1223579
16: Pen, diary and glasses http://www.flickr.com/photos/46959536@N04/4827013488/
17: Danmark O, Fohn Fjord, Renodde.70°30N/26°02W http://www.flickr.com/photos/14417999@N00/76568737/
18: Bleeding Glass http://www.flickr.com/photos/mananetwork/426284281/
19: Kawaii Tooth http://www.flickr.com/photos/7315825@N04/5378867210/
20: Time Disappears http://www.flickr.com/photos/14576317@N07/2427479094/
21: Fairy Story http://www.flickr.com/photos/32968459@N08/4285420139/
22: 112. Hiatus, part 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/70544918@N00/3475520565/
23: Untitled http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnyvintage/5016464980/in/photostream/
26: Just full of ideas http://www.flickr.com/photos/17731548@N00/981372736/
27: Seven about to happen three different ways http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124473190@N01/15327066/
28: Eames lounge chair with ottoman http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeitlos-berlin/7779951170
29: Stand Your Ground http://www.flickr.com/photos/25346522@N02/4732030995/
30: Everything I own http://www.flickr.com/photos/13019485@N00/233894488/
31: Sharing Ideas http://www.flickr.com/photos/92781242@N03/8545836604/
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