Throughout the Bell Hooks reading, I found myself asking the same question: how can the ideas presented about engaged pedagogy in the classroom be applied to the work of the reference and instruction librarians? My initial reaction was that the relationship between the student and reference librarian was in some ways fulfilling some of the… Continue Reading Engaged Pedagogy and Reference
Month: February 2022
Initial Thoughts on Bell Hooks’ Teaching Critical Thinking
I really enjoyed the readings from Bell Hooks’ Teaching Critical Thinking. In Chapter 4 “Decolonization,” Hooks raises the interesting point that “liberation is an ongoing process” and that we are “bombarded daily by a colonizing mentality (few of us manage to escape the received messages coming from every area of our lives), one that not… Continue Reading Initial Thoughts on Bell Hooks’ Teaching Critical Thinking