Papers by Margaret Forrest
Health Libraries Review, 1998
Health Information and Libraries Journal, 2008
Health Information and Libraries Journal, 2007
As library and information professionals involved in teaching and learning, we need to ensure tha... more As library and information professionals involved in teaching and learning, we need to ensure that our teaching methods and actions follow 'best practice' and are evidence based. One way to do this is through action research: evaluating our own teaching practice and exploring ways through which we can improve this. In the last issue of this column, I gave an account of an action research project through which I attempted to explore and improve my practice of teaching referencing skills to undergraduate nursing students at the University of Dundee. In the following article, Jean McNiff suggests that, through action research, we can form our own educational theories, offer explanations for the way we practise as teachers and, in doing so, contribute to the knowledge base. The purpose of this column is to provide an action-based tool to engage librarians and information professionals in the theory and practice of teaching. Examples of practitioner-based research in this area would be welcome for future issues of this column.
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Papers by Margaret Forrest