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Main Author: Cope, Jonathan T.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1166462
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contents The Reconquista Student: Critical Information Literacy, Civics, and Confronting Student Intolerance Cope, Jonathan T. Critical Literacy Information Literacy Civics Citizenship Education Student Attitudes Social Attitudes Negative Attitudes Stranger Reactions Democracy Cultural Pluralism Librarians College Libraries College Students Political Attitudes Racial Bias Inclusion Library Role Attitude Change Intellectual Freedom Given the increasing power and prominence of political figures in the United States who openly espouse xenophobic, misogynistic, white nationalist positions, it is only natural to anticipate encountering students who express these views in our libraries and classrooms. This essay uses a classroom encounter with a student expressing xenophobic sentiments as a way to explore the following questions: As someone heavily influenced by a great deal of Critical Information Literacy (CIL) literature, why was I so flummoxed upon encountering this student's perspective? Why did I find the intellectual resources that I had drawn from to shape my classroom pedagogy inadequate? Using the methods of normative political theory, the essay draws from CIL literature emphasizing intuitional questioning and resistance, and civic education literature emphasizing institutional participation. The essay concludes by arguing that the political theorist Chantal Mouffe's radical democratic pluralism provides librarians with a theoretical framework that can accommodate both insurgency and institutional participation when encountering intolerance.
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spellingShingle The Reconquista Student: Critical Information Literacy, Civics, and Confronting Student Intolerance
Cope, Jonathan T.
Critical Literacy
Information Literacy
Civics
Citizenship Education
Student Attitudes
Social Attitudes
Negative Attitudes
Stranger Reactions
Democracy
Cultural Pluralism
Librarians
College Libraries
College Students
Political Attitudes
Racial Bias
Inclusion
Library Role
Attitude Change
Intellectual Freedom
The Reconquista Student: Critical Information Literacy, Civics, and Confronting Student Intolerance Cope, Jonathan T. Critical Literacy Information Literacy Civics Citizenship Education Student Attitudes Social Attitudes Negative Attitudes Stranger Reactions Democracy Cultural Pluralism Librarians College Libraries College Students Political Attitudes Racial Bias Inclusion Library Role Attitude Change Intellectual Freedom Given the increasing power and prominence of political figures in the United States who openly espouse xenophobic, misogynistic, white nationalist positions, it is only natural to anticipate encountering students who express these views in our libraries and classrooms. This essay uses a classroom encounter with a student expressing xenophobic sentiments as a way to explore the following questions: As someone heavily influenced by a great deal of Critical Information Literacy (CIL) literature, why was I so flummoxed upon encountering this student's perspective? Why did I find the intellectual resources that I had drawn from to shape my classroom pedagogy inadequate? Using the methods of normative political theory, the essay draws from CIL literature emphasizing intuitional questioning and resistance, and civic education literature emphasizing institutional participation. The essay concludes by arguing that the political theorist Chantal Mouffe's radical democratic pluralism provides librarians with a theoretical framework that can accommodate both insurgency and institutional participation when encountering intolerance.
title The Reconquista Student: Critical Information Literacy, Civics, and Confronting Student Intolerance
topic Critical Literacy
Information Literacy
Civics
Citizenship Education
Student Attitudes
Social Attitudes
Negative Attitudes
Stranger Reactions
Democracy
Cultural Pluralism
Librarians
College Libraries
College Students
Political Attitudes
Racial Bias
Inclusion
Library Role
Attitude Change
Intellectual Freedom
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1166462