Any other library bloggers out there attending WILU at York University this week?
Archive for May, 2007
Blogging WILU?
Posted in conferences on May 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Questioning Authority
Posted in critical education, information literacy, media literacy on May 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This recent post on ACRLog, Authoritative Sources or Question Authority, gets to the heart of understanding the need for critical information and media literacy. Although critical literacy is never mentioned, this is obviously what is being discussed. We simply cannot tell people to use “authoritative” sources and leave it at that. If we don’t help [...]
Do Schools Today Kill Creativity?
Posted in creativity, critical education, video on May 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Asking Questions About Power
Posted in critical education, information literacy on May 4, 2007 | 3 Comments »
“Critical theory is, above all else, a way to ask questions about power. Who has it? How did they get it? How do they keep it? What are they doing with it? How do their actions affect the less powerful? How might things be otherwise? (Finding Freedom in the Classroom, p.17, by Patricia Hinchey)
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