Teachers as cultural workers : letters to those who dare teach /
"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. Fre...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Portuguese |
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Boulder, Colo. :
Westview Press,
1998.
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| Series: | Edge, critical studies in educational theory
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| Summary: | "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. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 100 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813323045 9780813323046 |