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A Friday Afternoon Reflection: Random Memorandums, Dr. Deborah Bracke
A Friday Afternoon Reflection: Random Memorandums, Dr. Deborah Bracke
Education: Faculty Scholarship & Creative Works
One means of distinguishing ourselves as College Professors is by communicating with our students in an open, honest manner. The Random Memorandum is one way of accomplishing this.
Reflective Journaling: Innovative Dialogue In Lis Education, Elizabeth Ann Burns
Reflective Journaling: Innovative Dialogue In Lis Education, Elizabeth Ann Burns
STEMPS Faculty Publications
Innovative pedagogy, embedded in LIS courses structures, is desired and strengthens LIS preparation. Including reflection as one such strategy can assist in building the reflective practice LIS educators hope students maintain in the field. While widely used in teacher preparation courses (Hodgins, 2014) reflective journaling equally aligns with the text-based nature of LIS coursework, especially as more LIS schools move to online formats (Kymes & Ray, 2012). This phenomenological case study explores structured, dialogic journaling as a pedagogical tool to inform the reflective practice of preservice librarians. Journals were introduced as a teaching tool in an early LIS course and …