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Teachers as cultural workers, letters to those who dare teach, Paulo Freire ; translated by Donaldo Macedo, Dale Koike, and Alexandre Oliveira ; with a foreword by Donaldo Macedo and Ana Maria Araújo Freire

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Teachers as cultural workers

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Paulo Freire ; translated by Donaldo Macedo, Dale Koike, and Alexandre Oliveira ; with a foreword by Donaldo Macedo and Ana Maria Araújo Freire

"In Teachers as Cultural Workers, Freire speaks directly to teachers about the lessons learned from a lifetime of experience as an educator and social theorist." "This book challenges all who teach to reflect critically on the meaning of the act of teaching as well as the meaning of learning. Freire shows why a teacher's success depends on a permanent commitment to learning and training, as part of an ongoing appraisal of classroom practice. By observing the curiosity of students and the manner through which students develop strategies for learning, the teacher is helped in discovering doubts, successes, and the teacher's mistakes. When teachers open themselves to recognize the different roads students take in order to learn, they will become involved in a continual reconstruction of their own paths of curiosity, opening the doors to habits of learning that will benefit everyone in the classroom."--Jacket

The edge, critical studies in educational theory

letters to those who dare teach

First words: a pedagogical trap -- Reading the world/reading the word -- Don't let the fear of what is difficult paralyze you -- I came into the teacher training program because I had no other options -- On the indispensable qualities of progressive teachers for their better performance -- The first day of school -- On the relationship between the educator and the learners -- From talking to learners to talking to them and with them; from listening to learners to being heard by them -- Cultural identity and education -- Concrete context/theoretical context -- Once more the question of discipline -- Last words: To know and to grow--everything yet to see