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Teaching at the Desk: Toward a Reference Pedagogy
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Teaching at the Desk: Toward a Reference Pedagogy

Portal (Baltimore, Md.), Vol.2(3), pp.455-464
2002
DOI: 10.1353/pla.2002.0050

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Abstract

This article proposes that we use constructivist learning theory-primarily composition theory-to develop a pedagogy for the reference desk. This approach implies that reference is a form of teaching, and that to maximize their educational effectiveness, academic librarians need to approach reference transactions as academic conferences where teaching and learning take place. Copyright ©2002 by The Johns Hopkins University Press,.
Academic Libraries United States Aims and objectives Libraries and education Reference services

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