| Description |
xlv, 129 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Series in critical narrative |
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Series in critical narratives.
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| Contents |
First letter: on the spirit of this book -- Second letter: on the right and the duty to change the world -- Third letter: on the murder of Galdino Jesus dos Santos - Pataxo Indian -- The discovery of America -- Literacy and destitution -- Challenges to adult education posed by the new technological restructuring -- Television literacy -- Education and hope -- Denouncing, announcing, prophecy, utopia, and dreams. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Publisher description: This is the first English translation of the last book written by Paulo Freire. The book begins with a series of three deeply moving reflective "pedagogical letters" to the reader about the role of education for one's development of self. He also speaks directly to the reader about the relationship to risk in one's life and he delves deeper than before into the daily life tensions between freedom and authority. Building on these interconnected themes, Freire sharpens our sense of the critical faculties of children and how a teacher may work with children to help them realize their potential intellectually and as human beings. Subsequent chapters explore these topics in relation to the wider social world: the social constitution of the self in the work of educators; critical citizenship; and the necessity of teaching "from a position" about the world that goes beyond literacy programs to include the legacy of colonialism in peoples' resistance movements today. The book's interludes, written by Ana Maria Araujo Freire, reveal Paulo's thoughts about the content of this book as he was completing it during the last weeks and days of his life. |
| Note |
Translated from the Portuguese. |
| Subject |
Critical pedagogy.
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| ISBN |
1594510504 (cloth) |
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9781594510502 (cloth) |
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1594510512 (paper) |
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9781594510519 (paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 269425020 |
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YDXCP 2119468 |
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