Teaching critical thinking

Teaching critical thinking: practical wisdom

by Hooks, Bell

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Addressing questions of race, gender, and class, the author discusses the complex balance that allows us to teach, value, and learn from works written by racist and sexist authors. Highlighting the importance of reading, she insists on the primacy of free speech, a democratic education of literacy. Throughout these essays, she celebrates the transformative power of critical thinking. -- Publisher's description.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Teaching critical thinking : practical wisdom / Bell Hooks.

Summary

Addressing questions of race, gender, and class, the author discusses the complex balance that allows us to teach, value, and learn from works written by racist and sexist authors. Highlighting the importance of reading, she insists on the primacy of free speech, a democratic education of literacy. Throughout these essays, she celebrates the transformative power of critical thinking. -- Publisher's description.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2010.

Notes

"Bell Hooks The teaching trilogy."

Includes index.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (x, 191 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780203869192, 0203869192
  • oclc:ocn466441538
  • LC Classification:LB1025.3
  • Dewey Decimal:370.15/2

Table of Contents

Introduction -- 1. Critical Thinking -- 2. Democratic Education -- 3. Engaged Pedagogy -- 4. Decolonization -- 5. Integrity -- 6. Purpose -- 7. Collaboration -- 8. Conversation -- 9. Telling the Story -- 10. Sharing the Story -- 11. Imagination -- 12. To Lecture or Not -- 13. Humor in the Classroom -- 14. Crying Time -- 15. Conflict -- 16. Feminist Revolution -- 17. Black, Female, and Academic -- 18. Learning Past the hate -- 19. Honoring Teachers -- 20. Teachers against Teaching -- 21. Self-Esteem -- 22. The Joy of Reading -- 23. Intellectual Life -- 24. Writing Books for Children -- 25. Spirituality -- 26. Touch -- 27. To Love Again -- 28. Feminist Change -- 29. Moving Past Race and Gender -- 30. Talking Sex -- 31. Teaching as Prophetic Vocation -- 32. Practical Wisdom.

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