Join Drs. Judy Henning and Sherry Crow for a presentation of best practices to foster motivation for information seeking based on current motivation theory.
The presentation will also include theories and strategies on building information literacy competencies. Using this information, presenters will “rework” a typical motivational program for students and an information literacy lesson to infuse best practices.
About the Speakers
Judy A. Henning received her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership with an emphasis in effective schools from Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona. Her undergraduate and master’s degrees were from the University of Nebraska Kearney, where she is currently assistant professor and administrator of the school library graduate program. She has over 35 years of public school teaching experience as a language arts educator and school librarian. Dr. Henning co-authored Information Literacy and Information Skills Instruction: New Directions for School Libraries (May 2020). Her research interests are adolescent reading and project-based learning.
Sherry R. Crow received her Ph.D. in library and information management from Emporia State University. She is currently professor and chair of the advanced education programs at Ft. Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. Dr. Crow was a featured researcher in New Frontiers Magazine in 2014 and received the Pratt-Heins Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2015. She is a co-author of Information Literacy and Information Skills Instruction: New Directions for School Libraries (2020). Her research interest is in the area of children’s intrinsic motivation for information seeking.
