Critical Thinking Within the Library Program [Hardcover]

While academic librarians frequently discuss critical thinking and its relationship to information literacy, the literature does not contain an abundance of sources on the topic. Therefore, this works provides a current and timely perspective on the possible roles of critical thinking within the library program. The work contains a variety of approaches likely to benefit the practicing librarian. It begins with a review of the literature, followed by theoretical approaches involving constructivism and the Socratic method. Readers will find pieces on the integration of critical thinking into the first-year experience and course-specific case studies, as well as a selection on a campus-wide critical thinking project. In each of the pieces, librarians are exploring new ways to meet their instructional goals, including the goal of teaching critical thinking skills to students across the curriculum.

This book was originally published as a special issue of College & Undergraduate Libraries.

1. FROM THE EDITOR
2. The Evolution of Critical Thinking Skills in Library Instruction, 19862006: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography and Review of Selected Programs  Erin L. Ellis andKara M. Whatley
3. Promoting Critical Thinking Skills in Online Information Literacy Instruction Using a Constructivist Approach  Maryellen Allen
4. Finding a Socratic Method for Information Literacy Instruction  Nicholas Schiller
5. Step by Step through the Scholarly Conversation: A Collaborative Library/Writing Faculty Project to Embed Information Literacy and Promote Critical Thinking in First Year Composition at Oregon State University  Anne-Marie Deitering andSara Jameson
6. Advancing Critical Thinking and Information Literacy Skills in First Year College Students  Mark AlfinolÃj