Collaboratively Teaching Intellectual Freedom to Education Students
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https://doi.org/10.26443/el.v36i1.323Abstract
Together an education librarian and education professor developed a series of exercises for education students about intellectual freedom and book challenges. The resources are primarily online and they progressively work from book censorship cases and concerns to handling book challenges proactively through discussions, activities, and role playing. The education librarian offers realistic information and research expertise for an issue that is sometimes overlooked.References
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