Research Article

Scaffolding and Support through Information Literacy: Reimagining a Geography of Sport Class Project

Published: 2021-1-2

Journal: The Geography Teacher

DOI: 10.1080/19338341.2020.1861055

Abstract

Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank Dean Beatriz Betancourt Hardy for providing the initial instruction grant to get this collaboration started. We also wish to thank our students for providing us with a constant incentive to improve our instruction skills and for being such a source of inspiration in the classroom. Additional information Notes on contributors Susan E. Brazer Susan E. Brazer has been the Science Research & Instruction Librarian at Salisbury University since 1999, where she has served as liaison to the Henson School of Science and the Fulton School of Liberal Arts, providing research assistance and information literacy instruction to the Department of Biological Sciences, the Department of Geography and Geosciences, the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, the Department of Physics, and the Department of Environmental Studies. Mark de Socio Mark de Socio is a professor at Salisbury University in the Geography and Geosciences Department, specializing in political, economic, and urban geography. His research interests include location theory, location intelligence, and social network analysis. Pages 39-44 Received 31 Jul 2020, Accepted 01 Dec 2020, Published online: 04 Mar 2021 Scaffolding and Support through Information Literacy: Reimagining a Geography of Sport Class Project

Faculty Members

  • Mark de Socio - Department of Geography and Geosciences, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland, USA
  • Susan E. Brazer - Research & Instruction Department, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland, USA;

Themes

  • Instructional improvement
  • Educational collaboration
  • Information literacy
  • Student engagement
  • Geography education

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