We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change
by Myles Horton, Paulo Freire (Author)
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"This dialogue between two of the most prominent thinkers on social change in the twentieth century was certainly a meeting of giants. Throughout their highly personal conversations recorded here, Horton and Freire discuss the nature of social change and empowerment and their individual literacy campaigns."--Google books viewed Jan. 7, 2021.Tags
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Fascinating book where two rad old men talk about their rad old lives. Lots of cool stuff in here about how they think about education, social change, and living life. Totally fun, and seems like it'd be useful if you're at all interested in empowering the people around you and/or education or just how some very interesting people thought and lived their lives.
Reading this book kicked off a whole swarm of poorly-formed thoughts about how to live my life. I want to re-read this book in a few months- hopefully it will help those thoughts fall into place. If this plan works I'll come back and update to a 5.
Reading this book kicked off a whole swarm of poorly-formed thoughts about how to live my life. I want to re-read this book in a few months- hopefully it will help those thoughts fall into place. If this plan works I'll come back and update to a 5.
This book was an intriguing read that sometimes reinforced my philosophy on education and sometimes challenged it. Published in 1990, the ideas discussed are still very relevant to current events both in and outside the realm of education. I appreciated the cognitive dissonance.
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Paulo Freire (1921-1997) was one of the most significant educational thinkers of the 20th century. He is the author of Education for Critical Consciousness, Pedagogy in Process, Pedagogy of Hope, Pedagogy of the City, and Pedagogy of the Heart, all published by Bloomsbury.
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- Original publication date
- 1990
- People/Characters
- Myles Horton; Paulo Freire
- Blurbers
- Giroux, Henry; Shor, Ira; Heaney, Thomas W.; Hall, Budd L.; Cazden, Courtney B.; Mezirow, Jack
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- English
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