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The craft of librarian instruction : using acting techniques to create your teaching presence /

"Library instruction is like acting on the stage: you play a role as the instruction librarian. There is a live audience, usually only there for the one-shot--that one performance. You may even receive reviews or evaluations. Or maybe the teaching experience feels more like an audition--a bit u...

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Main Authors: Artman, Julie
Corporate Authors: Association of College and Research Libraries
Group Author: Sundquist, Jeff; Dechow, Doug
Published: Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association,
Publisher Address: Chicago, Illinois :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Library orientation for college students > Study and teaching
Information literacy > Study and teaching Higher
Acting > Technique
Instruction librarians > Training of
Academic librarians > Training of
Summary: "Library instruction is like acting on the stage: you play a role as the instruction librarian. There is a live audience, usually only there for the one-shot--that one performance. You may even receive reviews or evaluations. Or maybe the teaching experience feels more like an audition--a bit unnerving! We hope to demonstrate how acting techniques can sharpen your instructional skills and establish your teaching identity, enliven your performance, and create an invigorating (and stress-free) learning experience for your students"--Page vii.
Carrier Form: viii, 101 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-101).
ISBN: 9780838988213 (paperback) :
0838988210 (paperback)
Index Number: Z711
CLC: G258.6
Call Number: G258.6/A791
Contents: Setting the stage -- Centering yourself -- Physical and vocal preparation -- Role-playing -- Action (and reaction) -- Your teaching prescence: charisma and chemistry -- The reviews are in!

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