%0 Journal Article
%T Critical Pedagogy in the Classroom: Library Instruction that Gives Voice to Students and Builds a Community of Scholars
%A Michelle Reale
%J Journal of Library Innovation
%D 2012
%I Western New York Library Resources Council
%X When librarians apply critical pedagogy in a classroom, they can both impart knowledge and ignite breakthrough thinking among students. By partnering with professors and decentralizing the ˇ°powerˇ± in the classroom, librarians can tap into knowledge that students already possess and encourage them to express their own ideas. This article describes the process in a 200-level literature interpretation course taught primarily to English majors at Arcadia University.
%K collaboration
%K Paulo Freire
%K breakthrough thinking
%U http://www.libraryinnovation.org/article/view/227