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Information Literacy

Spring 2008

Mondays 9:30 – 12:00

James Elmborg (SLIS)

Course Plan

http://slis.uiowa.edu/~elmborg/infolit/Home.html

Topic, Readings, Assignments

January 28

Introduction to the course and Foundational Documents / Concepts

• ACRL Competency Standards
• Information Power
• Instruction Section Research Agenda
• Carol Kuhthau  The “Research Process” from Seeking Meaning
• “Technical Rationalism” from Donald Schon’s The Refelctive Practitioner
• “Researching Teaching Practices: From ‘Talking the Talk’ to ‘Walking the Walk’” from Research in the Teaching of English

February 4

How People Learn

Dewey, John.  "Education as Growth."  From Democracy and Education

Perry, William. Forms of Ethical Development in the College Years.

February 11Gee, James P.

How People Learn (continued)

“Semiotic Domains: Is Playing Video Games a “Waste of Time”? From What Video Games have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy

Gardner, Howard. “Multiple Intelligences.” From Frames of Mind.

Vygotsky, Lev. Scaffolding, Language, and the Zone of Prozimal Development. From Thought and Language

February 18

What Literacy Means

McLuhan, Marshall. “The Written Word.” In Understanding media: The Extensions of Man.

Pratt, Mary Louise. “The Arts of the Contact Zone.” From Professing in the Contact Zone.

Wysocki and Johnson-Eiola. “Why are We using Literacy as a Metaphor for Everything Else? In Passions and pedagogies and 21st Century Technologies.

February 25

What Literacy Means (continued)

Street. “The New Literacy Studies.” In Literacy a Critical Sourcebook

Hobbs, Renee. “Expanding the Concept of literacy.” In Media Literacy in the Information Age: Current Perspectives

Lankshear and Knobel. "The 'New Literacy Studies' and the Study of New Literacies." in New Literacies: Changing Knowledge and Classroom Learning.

March 3

Pedagogy and Practice

Reddy, Michael J. “The Conduit Metaphor—A Case of Fram Conflict in Our Language about Language.” From Metaphor and Thought.

Freire, Paolo. “The Banking Concept of Education.” From Pedagody of the Oppressed.

Bruffee, Kenneth. “Social Constructionism and Collaborative Learning.“ From Collaborative Learning: Higher Education, Interdependence, and the Authority of Knowledge.

March 10

Pedagogy and Practice (continued)

Bartholomae, David. “Writing the University.” From Cross-Talk in Comp Theory.

Hooks, Bell. “Introduction” and “Engaged Pedagogy” from Teaching to Transgress.

March 17

SPRING BREAK

March 24

In-Class Examination: What is Literacy?

Information Literacy in Context (Becoming a Teaching Librarian)

The Learning Library: Pulbic Libraries, School Libraries, College and University Libraries, and Special Libraries

March 24 (continued)

Literacy in the Context of Community:

Learning Circles: Information Literacy in the context of the organization

March 31

Context appropriate teaching methods.

Instructional design; Teaching styles, active learning; Learning styles; Presentation techniques; How do we move past awareness toward effectiveness?

April 7

Assessment: Assessing who, what, and why?

Rockman, Ilene F. “Strengthening Connections Between Information Literacy, General Education, and Assessment Efforts.” Library Trends 51.2 (2002): 185-199.

Assessment and Evaluation; Current, “culture of assessment”; Developing learning outcomes

April 14

Reading Circles and Paper Topic Formation

April 21

Reading Circles and Paper Topic Formation

April 28

Sample Teaching Sessions and Critique

May 5

Sample Teaching Sessions and Critique