Teaching Critical Thinking

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.

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.

Introduction 1. critical thinking 2. democratic education 3. engaged pedagogy 4. decolonization 5. integrity 6. purpose 7. collaboration (written with Ron Scapp) 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