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Teaching critical thinking : practical wisdom / Bell Hooks.

By: Hooks, Bell, 1952- [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2010Description: x, 191 p. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9780415968195 (hbk); 0415968194 (hbk); 9780415968201 (pbk); 0415968208 (pbk); 9780203869192 (e-book); 0203869192 (e-book).Subject(s): Teaching | Critical thinking | DemocracyDDC classification: 370.152
Contents:
Introduction -- Critical thinking -- Democratic education -- Engaged pedagogy -- Decolonization -- Integrity -- Purpose -- Collaboration -- Conversation -- Telling the story -- Sharing the story -- Imagination -- To lecture or not -- Humor in the classroom -- Crying time -- Conflict -- Feminist revolution -- Black, female, and academic -- Learning past the hate -- Honoring teachers -- Teachers against teaching -- Self-esteem -- The joy of reading -- Intellectual life -- Writing books for children -- Spirituality -- Touch -- To love again -- Feminist change -- Moving past race and gender -- Talking sex -- Teaching as prophetic vocation -- Practical wisdom.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator bell hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers in and out of the classroom today.

In a series of short, accessible, and enlightening essays, hooks explores the confounding and sometimes controversial topics that teachers and students have urged her to address since the publication of the previous best-selling volumes in her Teaching series, Teaching to Transgressand Teaching Community.The issues are varied and broad, from whether meaningful teaching can take place in a large classroom setting to confronting issues of self-esteem. One professor, for example, asked how black female professors can maintain positive authority in a classroom without being seen through the lens of negative racist, sexist stereotypes. One teacher asked how to handle tears in the classroom, while another wanted to know how to use humor as a tool for learning.

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. This is provocative, powerful, and joyful intellectual work. It is a must read for anyone who is at all interested in education today.

Bell Hooks The teaching trilogy.
Includes index.

Introduction -- Critical thinking -- Democratic education -- Engaged pedagogy -- Decolonization -- Integrity -- Purpose -- Collaboration -- Conversation -- Telling the story -- Sharing the story -- Imagination -- To lecture or not -- Humor in the classroom -- Crying time -- Conflict -- Feminist revolution -- Black, female, and academic -- Learning past the hate -- Honoring teachers -- Teachers against teaching -- Self-esteem -- The joy of reading -- Intellectual life -- Writing books for children -- Spirituality -- Touch -- To love again -- Feminist change -- Moving past race and gender -- Talking sex -- Teaching as prophetic vocation -- Practical wisdom.

CIT Module EDUC 6010- Core reading.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • Teaching 1 Critical Thinkint (p. 7)
  • Teaching 2 Democratic Education (p. 13)
  • Teaching 3 Engaged Pedaeos (p. 19)
  • Teaching 4 Decolonization (p. 23)
  • Teaching 5 Inteerit (p. 29)
  • Teaching 6 Purpose (p. 33)
  • Teaching 7 Collaboration (p. 37)
  • Teaching 8 COnversation (p. 43)
  • Teaching 9 Telling the Story (p. 49)
  • Teaching 10 Sharing the story (p. 55)
  • Teaching 11 Imagination (p. 59)
  • Teaching 12 To Lecture or Not (p. 63)
  • Teaching 13 Humor in the Classroom (p. 69)
  • Teaching 14 Crying Time (p. 77)
  • Teaching 15 Conflict (p. 85)
  • Teaching 16 Feminist Revolution (p. 91)
  • Teaching 17 Black, Female, and Academic (p. 95)
  • Teaching 18 Learning Past the Hate (p. 103)
  • Teaching 19 Honoring Teachers (p. 111)
  • Teaching 20 Teachers against Teaching (p. 117)
  • Teaching 21 Self-Esteem (p. 121)
  • Teaching 22 The Joy of Reading (p. 127)
  • Teaching 23 Intellectual Life (p. 135)
  • Teaching 24 Writing Books for Children (p. 141)
  • Teaching 25 Spirituality (p. 147)
  • Teaching 26 Touch (p. 153)
  • Teaching 27 To Love Again (p. 159)
  • Teaching 28 Feminist Change (p. 165)
  • Teaching 29 Moving Past Race and Gender (p. 169)
  • Teaching 30 Talking Sex (p. 177)
  • Teaching 31 Teaching as Prophetic Vocation (p. 181)
  • Teaching 32 Practical Wisdom (p. 185)
  • Index (p. 189)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Bell hooks is a world-renowned intellectual, cultural critic, and writer who is also distinguished Professor in Appalachian Studies at Berea College in Kentucky. Among her many books are the feminist classic Ain't I A Woman, the dialogue (with Cornel West) Breaking Bread, the children's books Happy to be Nappy and Be Boy Buzz, the memoir Bone Black, and the general interest titles All About Love, Rock My Soul, and Communion. She has published seven titles with Routledge: Belonging, We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity, Where We Stand, Teaching to Transgress, Teaching Community, Outlaw Culture, and Reel to Real.