Book Clubs: Best Practices in Promoting Critical Thinking in Business Classes |
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| Authors: | Anne T Switzer Lizabeth A Barclay |
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| Institution: | Oakland University , Rochester , Michigan , USA |
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| Abstract: | The curricular reform movement within education has called for the development of critical thinking skills within the academy. At the authors’ university, the outreach librarian has successfully facilitated several face-to-face book clubs with the goal of honing members’ analytical skills and fostering lifelong learning. As a means of expanding this effort to a formal academic learning objective, the outreach librarian was also virtually embedded into the course management system for several business classes. This article discusses a collaborative faculty/librarian use of online course-related book clubs as a tool for advancing higher level critical thinking skills such as evaluation and reflection. |
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| Keywords: | academic librarians online book clubs critical thinking business education curriculum faculty/librarian collaboration |
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