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 Araujo Freire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997.

Standardized Title:

Professora sim, tia não. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Teaching--Social aspects.

Teaching.

Teaching--Vocational guidance.

Popular education.

Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997.

Freire, Paulo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Edition:

Expanded ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Upon its original publication in Portuguese Teachers as Cultural Workers became an instant success. Translated and published in English and now reissued in paperback with new essays from leading education scholars

Contents:

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

To know and to grow

everything yet to see.

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

"With new commentary by Peter McLaren, Joe L. Kincheloe, and Shirley Steinberg"--Cover.

Previous ed.: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-429-97660-7

1-281-60683-9

9786613787545

0-7867-3723-9

OCLC:

761645901