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Teaching at the Desk: Toward a Reference Pedagogy
- portal: Libraries and the Academy
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 2, Number 3, July 2002
- pp. 455-464
- 10.1353/pla.2002.0050
- Article
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This article proposes that we use constructivist learning theory—primarily composition theory—to develop a pedagogy for the reference desk. This approach 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.