Developing librarians as teachers: A study of their pedagogical knowledge

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-110

  Bewick, Laura ^a   Corrall, Sheila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Pedagogy; Professional education; Subject librarians; Teacher training; University libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953390649     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: 17416477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000610361419     Document Type: Article

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