{"product_id":"teaching-critical-thinking-practical-wisdom-paperback","title":"Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBell Hooks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTeaching Critical Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator bell hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers in and out of the classroom today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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, \u003cem\u003eTeaching to Transgress\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTeaching Community.\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddressing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebell hooks\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eAin't I A Woman\u003c\/em\u003e, the dialogue (with Cornel West) Breaking Bread, the children's books \u003cem\u003eHappy to Be Nappy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBe Boy Buzz, \u003c\/em\u003e the memoir \u003cem\u003eBone Black\u003c\/em\u003e and the general interest titles \u003cem\u003eAll About Love, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eRock My Soul\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCommunion\u003c\/em\u003e. She has published seven titles with Routledge: \u003cem\u003eBelonging\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWhere We Stand\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTeaching to Transgress\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTeaching Community, Outlaw Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e Reel to Real\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 198\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47790210777336,"sku":"9780415968201","price":63.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/iuce9vJeG79780415968201.webp?v=1783751748","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/teaching-critical-thinking-practical-wisdom-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}