Empowering the learner

An interesting article (I think) is:

Doherty, J.J. and Ketchner, K. (2005) "Empowering the intentional learner: a critical theory for Information Literacy instruction." Library Philosophy and Practice, 8 (1). http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/
~mbolin/doherty-ketchner.htm

which describes a class informed by a Freirian concept of education, problem-posing and democratic. This includes, for example, engaging with the students' concepts of information. "In our course, through class readings, discussion, and personal reflection, students were expected to take a closer look at intellectual inquiry and what it means to be critical."
See also: Chapters from Freire's Pedagogy of the oppressed: http://marxists.anu.edu.au/subject/education/
freire/pedagogy/index.htm

Photo by S. Webber: Flowers in my vase, 2006. Perhaps I should have chosen a more radical image for this posting.