Teaching critical thinking : practical wisdom /
"Addressing questions of race, gender, and class in this work, hooks 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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2010.
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| Summary: | "Addressing questions of race, gender, and class in this work, hooks 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 description. |
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| Item Description: | "Bell Hooks The teaching trilogy." Addressing questions of race, gender, and class in this work, hooks 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. --from publisher description Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | x, 191 pages ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780415968195 (hardback : alk. paper) 0415968194 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780415968201 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0415968208 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780203869192 (e-book) 0203869192 (e-book) |