Bell hooks biography education book

bell hooks on education. Barry Burke assesses the contribution that bell hooks has made to thinking about education and sets this within the context of her biography and work.

contents: introduction · bell hooks on education · hooks and freire · relationships, power and media · conclusion · bibliography · how to cite this article

My hope emerges from those places of struggle where I witness individuals positively transforming their lives and the world around them.

As teachers we believe that learning is possible, that nothing can keep an open mind from seeking after knowledge and finding a way to know. (hooks 2003 p.xiv)

bell hooks (1952-2021 ) (nee Gloria Watkins) was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

She came from a poor working-class family and worked her way up the academic ladder to become Distinguished Professor of English at City College in New York. Her early schooling she describes as ‘sheer joy’. The all-black sc