Argues that the ignorance and lethargy of the poor are the direct result of the whole economic, social and political domination. This book suggests that in some countries the oppressors use the system to maintain a 'culture of silence'.

Fifth edition of this text on lecturing technique which outlines the factors which can make lecturing effective. Details the factors affecting the learning of information, considers the techniques of lecturing and shows how to make specific points, use handouts and obtain feedback. Also discusses alternatives and gives advice on how to apply them

Introducing critical thinking, this book looks at general ways in which people can be helped to become critical thinkers, and also reviews opportunities for developing critical thinking in specific contexts.

Based on the educational and biological research, this book addresses issues that focus on learner motivation and helping adults to want to learn. This book offers a framework and sixty practical, research-based strategies that are designed to elicit and encourage learner motivation.

These essays, by one of America's leading black intellectuals, face squarely the problems of teachers who do not want to teach, of students who do not want to learn, of racism and sexism in the classroom, and of the gift of freedom that is, for Hooks, the teacher's most important goal.