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Best Practices for Teaching the Literature Review to Graduate Students

Best Practices for Teaching the Literature Review to Graduate Students. Presented by: Jim Alderman (UNF), Alyse Ergood (FAU), Carol Maksian (FGCU), Kristy Padron (FAU). Considerations in Library Instruction for Graduate Students Who else is in graduate school?

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Best Practices for Teaching the Literature Review to Graduate Students

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  1. Best Practices for Teaching the Literature Review to Graduate Students Presented by: Jim Alderman (UNF), Alyse Ergood (FAU), Carol Maksian (FGCU), Kristy Padron (FAU)

  2. Considerations in Library Instruction for Graduate Students • Who else is in graduate school? • What factors influence library instruction to graduate students? • Which skills do librarians need to have?

  3. else Who is in Graduate School? ^ • What are the effects of these characteristics? • Class Environment • Instructor-Student interactions • Motivation • Teaching: Androgyny & Adult learning practices • Prior knowledge & life experience • Communication & Cultural Exchange • Recent Graduates with Bachelor Degrees • Women (this also depends on the program) • Returning Adult Students • International Students and

  4. Level/Scope of Degree What factors influence library instruction to graduate students? • Subject Area/ Discipline • Content • Assignments • Research needs (lab/field-based, literature reviews, type of information resources) • Type of Enrollment/Attendance • Ph.D / Ed.D • Masters Level • Certificate / Credentials • Use of Library • Full-Time • Part-Time • Accelerated • Faculty Influence • Limited Contact w/ Librarians • Students Ignore print • Students discover library late in program

  5. Which skills do librarians need to possess? • Skill and confidence in subject area resources • Seek additional training • Mentoring • Develop active relationships with liaisons • Pedagogy • Adult learning concepts (Androgyny) • More interaction; established set of values; have competing interests (family, job, relationships, school) • Consider instruction in light of the changing role of librarians (increasingly the “tech” expert)

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