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Teaching at the Desk: Toward a Reference Pedagogy

Proposes that academic librarians use constructivist learning theory, primarily composition theory, to develop a pedagogy for the reference desk. 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. (Author/LRW)

Article, 2002
portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2, Jul 2002, 455
2002