Transforming information literacy instruction : threshold concepts in theory and practice

Hofer, Amy R., (author.). Lin Hanick, Silvia, (author.). Townsend, Lori, (author.).

Summary:

This book provides information literacy practitioners with a thorough exploration of how threshold concepts can be applied to information literacy, identifying the important elements and connections between each concept and relating theory to practical methods that can transform how librarians teach. A model that emerged from the Enhancing Teaching-Learning Environments project in Great Britain, threshold concepts are those transformative core ideas and processes in a given discipline that define the ways of thinking and practicing shared by experts. Once a learner grasps a threshold concept, new pathways to understanding and learning are opened up. The authors of this book provide readers with both a substantial introduction to and a working knowledge of this emerging theory and then describe how it can be adapted for local information literacy instruction contexts. -- Publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781440841668
ISBN: 1440841667
Physical Description: xiv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, [2019]
Copyright: �2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I: Introduction to Threshold Concepts for Information Literacy Instruction -- 1. Threshold Concepts and Their Application to Information Literacy Instruction -- 2. Identifying Threshold Concepts for Information Literacy -- Part II: Exploring Threshold Concepts for Information Literacy -- 3. Authority -- 4. Format -- 5. Information Commodities -- 6. Organizing Systems -- 7. Research Process -- Part III: Threshold Concepts for Information Literacy in Practice -- 8. Assessment and Threshold Concepts -- 9. Designing Activities for Conceptual Teaching -- 10. Case Study: Fake News (and Other Information Crises).