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- Table of Contents
- About the authors
Critical pedagogy incorporates inclusive and reflective teaching for aims of social justice; it provides mechanisms for students to evaluate their social, political, and economic standing, and to question societal norms and how these norms perpetuate societal injustices. Teaching librarians have long incorporated social justice into their work, but focused interest in critical library pedagogy has grown rapidly in recent years.
In two volumes, the Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook works to make critical pedagogy more accessible for library educators, examining both theory and practice to help the busy practitioner explore various aspects of teaching for social justice.
Volume One, Essays and Workbook Activities, provides short essays reflecting on personal practice, describing projects, and exploring major ideas to provide inspiration as you begin or renew your exploration of critical pedagogy. The bibliography of each chapter provides a network of other sources to explore, and the volume closes with a selection of workbook activities to improve on your own practice and understanding of critical pedagogy.
These two volumes provide a collection of ideas, best practices, and plans that contribute to the richness of what it means to do this type of work in libraries. The Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook will help you build personal teaching skills and identity, cultivate local community, and document your journey as a critical practitioner.
Foreword
James Elmborg
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Nicole Pagowsky and Kelly McElroy
Chapter 1. Falling out of Praxis: Reflection as a Pedagogical Habit of Mind
Heidi LM Jacobs
Chapter 2. Learning from Teaching: A Dialogue of Risk and Reflection
Anne Jumonville Graf
Chapter 3. How Unplanned Events Can Sharpen the Critical Focus in Information Literacy Instruction
Ian Beilin
Chapter 4. "Taking Back" Information Literacy: Time and the One-Shot in the Neoliberal University
Karen P. Nicholson
Chapter 5. At Odds with Assessment: Being a Critical Educator within the Academy
Carolyn Caffrey Gardner and Rebecca Halpern
Chapter 6. What Standards Do and What They Don't
Emily Drabinski and Meghan Sitar
Chapter 7. Barriers to Critical Pedagogy in Information Literacy Teaching
Gr Keer
Chapter 8. Loading Examples to Further Human Rights Education
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
Chapter 9. Social Constructivism and Critical Information Literacy
Jessica Critten and Andrea G. Stanfield
Chapter 10. Finding and Analyzing Information for Action and Reflection: Possibilities and Limitations of Popular Education in One-Shot Library Instruction
Kenny Garcia
Chapter 11. Collaborative Pedagogies: LIS Courses and Public Library Partnerships
Jessica Hochman
Chapter 12. What Is Possible: Setting the Stage for Co-Exploration in Archives and Special Collections
Patrick Williams
Chapter 13. Of the People, by the People, for the People: Critical Pedagogy and Government Information
Melanie Maksin
Chapter 14. The Failed Pedagogy of Punishment: Moving Discussions of Plagiarism beyond Detection and Discipline
Kevin P. Seeber
Chapter 15. Queering Library Instruction for Composition: Embracing the Failure
Ashley P. Ireland
Chapter 16. Search and Destroy: Punk Rock Tactics for Library Instruction
Caitlin Shanley and Laura Chance
Chapter 17. Cultivating a Mind of One's Own: Drawing on Critical Information Literacy and Liberal Education
Elizabeth Galoozis and Caro Pinto
Chapter 18. Reflections on the Retention Narrative: Extending Critical Pedagogy beyond the Classroom
Alison Hicks and Caroline Sinkinson
Chapter 19. We Don't Count: The Invisibility of Teaching Librarians in Statistics on Academic Instructional Labor
Aliqae Geraci
Chapter 20. Leave Your "Expert" Hat at the Door: Embracing Critical Pedagogy to Create a Community of Librarian Learners
Marisol Ramos, Dawn Cadogan, Sharon Giovenale, Kathleen R. Labadorf, and Jennifer Snow
Chapter 21. Starting Small: Practicing Critical Pedagogy through Collective Conversation
Megan Watson and Dave Ellenwood
Chapter 22. Developing a "Critical Pedagogy Disposition"
Donna Witek
Chapter 23. Resistance Is Fertile: (Or Everything I Know about Teaching I Learned in Yoga Class)
Robert Schroeder
Chapter 24. Using Personal Reflection to Incorporate Antiracist Pedagogy in Library Instruction
Melissa Kalpin Prescott
Chapter 25. Critical Self-Reflection: Moving Inward to Provide Outward Service
Xan Goodman
Chapter 26. Carrots in the Brownies: Incorporating Critical Librarianship in Unlikely Places
Maura Seale
Chapter 27. Fresh Techniques: Getting Ready to Use Hip Hop in the Classroom
Danielle Rowland
Chapter 28. Course Materials: Reinforcing Dominant Narratives or Challenging Mindsets
Elizabeth Mens
Chapter 29. Information Worlds and You: Harnessing Theory for Instruction
Julia Skinner
Chapter 30. Documenting Your Critical Journey
Nicole A. Cooke
About the Authors