This edited collection explores critical literacy theory and provides practical guidance to how
it can be taught and applied in libraries. Critical literacy asks fundamental questions about
our understanding of knowledge. Unlike more conventional approaches to literacy and
resource evaluation, with critical literacy there is no single 'correct'way to read and respond
to a text or resource. A commitment to equity and social justice sets critical literacy apart from
many other types of literacy and links it to wider societal debates, such as …

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