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Zusatztext "Sonia Nieto is daring for having dreamt and realized a project that 'not even she nor anyone else could have imagined!' without the complicity of dozens of people? This [is a] book of rare beauty and extreme importance and a must read for all those for whom 'reading the world' will make them want to transform it. We should all congratulate ourselves: Paulo is smiling with us."-Ana Maria Araújo Freire"In Dear Paulo: Letters from Those Who Dare Teach! dozens of teachers write deeply personal letters addressed to famed Brazilian educator Paulo Friere. The result is a book that has much of the fire and magic of Friere's own writing."-Teaching Tolerance(Spring 2010)"I am mindful of the awesome responsibility that I inherit as an educator. I take comfort knowing that I am never alone! in that we who teach comprise collectively multiple links in a chain of empowerment that stretches backward in time! but more important! forward into the unseen future. If I am to serve humbly as one small link along countless others! your ideas! Dear Paulo! are the iron through which that chain is wrought! and made ever more strong and tenacious?"-excerpt from the letter by John Raible! a teacher educator Informationen zum Autor Sonia Nieto, Donaldo Macedo Klappentext "Dear Paulo: Letters from Those Who Dare Teach" is a heartfelt response from teachers! academics! and community workers to the work of the internationally renowned educator and author Paulo Freire. From newly minted teachers terrified of facing their first day in the classroom to seasoned academics whose work has largely been inspired by Freire! this collection is both a loving memorial and a call to action to work for social justice! praxis! and democracy! ideals envisioned and brilliantly articulated by Paulo.Read a review of "Dear Paulo" in "Rethinking Schools Online" Review Zusammenfassung Dear Paulo: Letters from Those Who Dare Teach is a heartfelt response from teachers, academics, and community workers to the work of the internationally renowned educator and author Paulo Freire. From newly minted teachers terrified of facing their first day in the classroom to seasoned academics whose work has largely been inspired by Freire, this collection, accompanied by photographs of Freire with some of the letter writers, is both a loving memorial and a call to action to work for social justice, praxis, and democracy, ideals envisioned and brilliantly articulated by Paulo. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part 1 Beginnings; Chapter 1 Reading the Class, Mary Cowhey; Chapter 2 Thirty-Nine First Days, Mary Ginley; Part 2 Fear/Courage; Chapter 3 Teaching for the First Time, Sarah Hamlett; Chapter 4 Fear of Disappointing, Angélica Ribeiro; Chapter 5 More Questions than Answers, Lynn Sisco; Chapter 6 Lessons from Paulo, Nancy Costa; Chapter 7 Fighting for Democracy, Dalia Mostafa; Chapter 8 Modeling Democratic Principles, Laila Di Silvio; Chapter 9 Easy to Say, Not to Do, Tzu-Pei Kuo; Chapter 10 Defying the Paralysis of Fear, Elizabeth Robinson; Chapter 11 Teaching for Liberation, Kathy McDonough; Part 3 Pedagogy; Chapter 12 On Being a Teacher, Daniela Alvarez-Bradley; Chapter 13 Saying Yes to Teaching, Lisa Varandani; Chapter 14 Teaching Vows, Hera Zinno; Chapter 15 The Courage to Teach, Carolina Rothkegel; Chapter 16 The Responsible Learner, Elaine Stinson; Chapter 17 A “Stealth Coup” Threatens Us, Ira Shor; Chapter 18 Can Popular Education Work in U.S. Educational Settings?, Andrée Rose Catalfamo Fee; Chapter 19 Pedagogy of Love, Carlos REC McBride; Chapter 20 Testimony to Teaching, Elizabeth Rendón; Part 4 Praxis; Chapter 21 A Good Vision, Not an Easy One, Jacqueline Pinn; Chapter 22 Teaching as Advocacy, Toni Hochstadt; Chapter 23 Questioning, Teaching, and Growing, Kerri Warfield; Chapter 24 Seeds of Solidarity Cultivating Hope with Hammers, Shovels, and Ideas, Deb Habib; Chapter 25 Context Matters, Wend...
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From newly minted teachers terrified of facing their first day in the classroom to seasoned academics whose work has largely been inspired by Freire, this collection, accompanied by photographs of the author with some of the letter writers, is both a memorial and a call to action to work for social justice, praxis, and democracy.
