teaching philosophy
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I respect students as individuals with different backgrounds, skills, and areas of interest. In my classes, I encourage them to engage with course materials from their own unique perspectives, organically linking new learning to their personal experience. I apply my background as a public school librarian, chair of the Oklahoma School Librarians, and a board member of the Oklahoma Library Association to various aspects of library and information science. By interweaving my work and life experience with new subject matter, such as information retrieval, big data, or human computer interaction, I model for students ways to build upon past experience as they learn. This approach spurs creative and innovative thinking in students as they make connections between their own experience and the new knowledge they acquire.
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GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSES
Adjunct Professor, University of Oklahoma
LIS 4303 Children's Literature Winter Intersession 2020-2021
Teaching Assistant, University of North Texas
INFO 5040 Human Information Behavior Spring 2019, Spring 2020
INFO 5000 Information & Knowledge Professions Fall 2018
INFO 5040 Human Information Behavior Spring 2018
INFO 5307 Knowledge Management Tools & Technologies Fall 2017, Fall 2019
K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL - Library Media Specialist
High School Research Writing and Citation Style 2008 - 2017
High School Academic Research 2008 - 2017
High School Online Research Basics 2008 - 2017
Middle School Research Skills 2008 - 2014
Upper Elementary Research Skills 2008 - 2014
Lower Elementary Research Skills 2008 - 2014
PreK & K Storytime/Book Basics 2008 - 2014
Adjunct Professor, University of Oklahoma
LIS 4303 Children's Literature Winter Intersession 2020-2021
Teaching Assistant, University of North Texas
INFO 5040 Human Information Behavior Spring 2019, Spring 2020
INFO 5000 Information & Knowledge Professions Fall 2018
INFO 5040 Human Information Behavior Spring 2018
INFO 5307 Knowledge Management Tools & Technologies Fall 2017, Fall 2019
K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL - Library Media Specialist
High School Research Writing and Citation Style 2008 - 2017
High School Academic Research 2008 - 2017
High School Online Research Basics 2008 - 2017
Middle School Research Skills 2008 - 2014
Upper Elementary Research Skills 2008 - 2014
Lower Elementary Research Skills 2008 - 2014
PreK & K Storytime/Book Basics 2008 - 2014
Contact: tzimmerman@utexas.edu
