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  1. Sep 2018
    1. why proper selection of content to be included in course work is necessary.

      Reminds me of Josh Moon: "I will always try to tell you WHY we are doing what we are doing."

    2. regards literacy as more than being able to read and write. For her, it allows people particularly those who are marginalized and discriminated against in society to acquire a critical consciousness (hooks, 2003).

      This is the second time within the section: Literacy and consciousness that we have been provided with Hooks definition of literacy and how it goes beyond an ability to read or write. ***

    3. ransforming the minds of their pupils but simply transferring irrelevant bodies of knowledge.

      No real growth in knowledge from the integrated school. It appears to be a practice of rote memorization as opposed to the critical thinking practices bell hooks advocates for.

    4. self-actualized

      Self-actualization is the process in which one reaches and acts upon their full potential. To be self-actualized is to not only realize your full potential but to fulfill it as well.