Engaging Diverse Learners: Teaching Strategies for Academic Librarians

by Mark Aaron Polger, Scott Sheidlower

Overview

This book connects teaching practical strategies and ideas with educational theories to give you techniques to use in the classroom to capture students' attention and engage them with instruction.

Drawing on the literatures of adult education and of teaching skills, Engaging Diverse Learners: Teaching Strategies for Academic Librarians presents a wide range of methods to improve how you teach. Coauthors Mark Aaron Polger and Scott Sheidlower argue that in order to grab–and hold onto—students' attention, instructors must get their interest right from the beginning. The techniques they suggest explain how to take into consideration the range of different learning styles students may have, how to accommodate students with different English language skills or abilities, and how to successfully work with individuals from different socioeconomic backgrounds or from different technologically adapted generations. The sections for each group address the key questions of identification (who are they?); how members of that group tend to react to libraries, librarians, and education; and how educational theories of that time affected students' learning in that generation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440838507
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/13/2017
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Mark Aaron Polger is assistant professor and First Year Experience librarian at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York.

Scott Sheidlower is associate professor and head of circulation, reserves, and archivist at York College, City University of New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

A Short Introduction: "OMG," Another Library Lesson! xv

Chapter 1 Defining Engagement 1

Chapter 2 The Generations of Learners 17

Chapter 3 Examining Diverse Learning Groups 27

Chapter 4 Teaching Techniques That Engage Learners 41

Chapter 5 Engaging beyond the Library Classroom 77

Chapter 6 Understanding Disengagement 91

Chapter 7 Marketing Information Literacy through Successful Engagement Practices 109

Epilogue 125

Appendix 131

References 135

Index 157

Editorial Reviews

Targeted at academic libraries, this book focuses on the problem of student distraction … The book's grounded, common-sense advice makes it a good introductory text for academic librarians venturing into instruction or attempting to improve their pedagogy.” —American Libraries

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