bell hooks
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the practice of freedom
London: Routledge, 1994

We turn to the classroom. hooks writes,

‘In this book I want to share insights, strategies, and critical reflections on pedagogical practice. I intend these essays to be an intervention—countering the devaluation of teaching even as they address the urgent need for changes in teaching practices…these essays are celebratory! To emphasize that the pleasure of teaching is an act of resistance countering the overwhelming boredom, uninterest, and apathy that so often characterize the way professors and students feel about teaching and learning, about the classroom experience.’ p. 10.

Schedule

The group met to discuss reading this book from February and April 2023.

9 February, Introduction: Teaching to Transgress, pp. 1–12; Chapter 1: Engaged Pedagogy, pp. 13–22; Chapter 2: A Revolution of Values: The promise of multicultural change, pp. 23–34;

23 February, Chapter 3: Embracing Change: Teaching in a multicultural word, pp. 35–44; Chapter 4: Paolo Freire, pp. 45–58; Chapter 5: Theory as Liberatory Practice, pp. 59–76;

9 March, Chapter 6: Essentialism and Experience, pp. 77–92; Chapter 7: Holding My Sister’s Hand: Feminist solidarity, pp. 93–110; Chapter 8: Feminist Thinking: In the classroom right now, pp. 111–19;

23 March, Chapter 9: Feminist Scholarship: Black scholars, pp. 119–28; Chapter 10: Building a Teaching Community, pp. 129–66.

6 April, Chapter 11: Language: Teaching new worlds/new words, pp. 167–76; Chapter 12: Confronting Class in the Classroom, pp. 177–90; Chapter 13: Eros, Eroticism, and the Pedagogical Process, pp. 191–200; Chapter 14: Ecstasy: Teaching and learning without limits, pp. 201–208.

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