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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783867003321

Titolo

Freirean pedagogy, praxis, and possibilities : projects for the new millennium / / edited by Stanley F. Steiner. [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Falmer Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-135-57856-7

1-135-57857-5

1-280-05517-0

0-203-00955-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

Critical Education Practice

Altri autori (Persone)

SteinerStanley F

Disciplina

370.11/5

370.92

Soggetti

Popular education

Education - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; A Pedagogy of Transformation: An Introduction; About the Contributors; CHAPTER 1 Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of Possibility; CHAPTER 2 Studying the Media; CHAPTER 3 Scientism as a Form of Racism; CHAPTER 4 Liberating the Critical in Critical Theory; CHAPTER 5 Multiculturalism1 and the Politics of Nationalism in the Global Age; CHAPTER 6 On "Having Differences" and "Being Different"; CHAPTER 7 Politics of Explanation; CHAPTER 8 Upstream in the Mainstream; CHAPTER 9 The Prairie Is Wide; CHAPTER 10 Teaching in Our Underwear

CHAPTER 11 Authority Is Not a LuxuryCHAPTER 12 Authentic Multiculturalism and Nontraditional Students; CHAPTER 13 The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action; CHAPTER 14 Cultural Studies (Alone) Won't Do It; CHAPTER 15 Synthesizing Gramsci and Freire; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Scholar, activist, and educator Paulo Freire was one of the first thinkers to fully appreciate the relationships between education, politics, imperialism, and liberation. This volume is a testament to the works of Paulo Freire in the field of Education as well as the life of the man: a



""story of courage, hardship, perseverance, and unyielding belief in the power of love.""  In this comprehensive collection, prominent intellectuals including Noam Chomsky and Donald Macedo reflect on Freire's ""politics of liberation"" and add important new dimensions to the revolutionary, innovative ideas that