The Reconquista Student: Critical Information Literacy, Civics, and Confronting Student Intolerance

Autor/in	Cope, Jonathan T.
Titel	The Reconquista Student: Critical Information Literacy, Civics, and Confronting Student Intolerance
Quelle	In: Communications in Information Literacy, 11 (2017) 2, S.264-282 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1933-5954
Schlagwörter	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 + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Lesen; Informationskompetenz; Staatsbürgerkunde; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Schülerverhalten; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Negative Fixierung; Fremdenprüfung; Demokratie; Kulturpluralismus; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; College; Library; Libraries; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Bibliothek; Universitätsbibliothek; Collegestudent; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Inklusion; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Akademische Freiheit; Intellektuelle Unabhängigkeit
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01