Book Review: Reflective Teaching Effective Learning: Instructional Literacy for Library Educators

Char Booth. Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning: Instructional Literacy for Library Educators. Chicago, Ill.: American Library Association, 2011. 180p. alk. paper, $60.00 (ISBN 9780838910528). LC 2010-14026

management software, both proprietary and open-source. Chapters 8–10 discuss newer developments in access to library materials. Chapter 8 covers the use of social media, especially Facebook, as a means of providing remote access to library materials and whether this would be effective, given copyright restrictions. Chapter 9 discusses mobile technologies such as smartphones, tablets, and netboo...

Reflective Learning and Teaching: A Review

Introduction: One of the most important characteristic of human being is his ability to learn. Structuralists believe that learning is an active process through which learners explores the principles, meanings and facts by themselves. Learner’s participation in learning process is one of the active learning strategies and reflective learning is considered as an active teaching method which is i...

Reflective Teaching: Literature Review

Recent attention has focused on the development of reflective teachers. Teacher educators have developed and used several reflective strategies, programs, and models to enhance preservice and in-service teachers' reflective abilities. The purpose of this article is to describe and comment on the different perspectives regarding theory and research on reflective teaching. This paper focused on t...

Digital Literacy in a Lifelong Learning Programme for Adults: Educators' Experiences and Perceptions on Teaching Practices

The study presented explores aspects of adult learning on digital literacy in the context of a lifelong learning programme for social cohesion in Greece. The article outlines the framework of the digital literacy subject and underlines its associated objectives regarding adults’ knowledge and competence in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The exploration draws upon the experien...

Reflective Teaching: Improving Library Instruction Through Self-Reflection