Engaging Paulo Freire''s Pedagogy of Possibility - From Blind to Transformative Optimism

Informationen zum Autor César Augusto Rossatto teaches in the College of Education at the University of Texas, El Paso. Klappentext Engaging Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of Possibility is a cross-cultural case study of how people experience schooling in relation to their sense of time and optimism. Cesar Augusto Rossatto examines how real-life situations and social structures influence people's construction of notions of possibilities. The findings of this study suggest that a curriculum based on Freirean critical pedagogy and time theories can be used to enhance time-consciousness values in contemporary social life. Zusammenfassung Engaging Paulo Freires Pedagogy of Possibility is a cross-cultural case study of how people experience schooling in relation to their sense of time and optimism. Cesar Augusto Rossatto examines how real- life situations and social structures influence peoples construction of notions of possibilities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction: A Personal Perspective Chapter 3 Seeing Fatalism and Optimism from a Freirean Perspective Chapter 4 Time Consciousness Chapter 5 Blind Optimism Chapter 6 Fatalistic Optimism Chapter 7 The Impact of U.S. Standardized Testing in the Context of the Four Categories of Optimism Chapter 7 Resilient Optimism Chapter 8 Transformative Optimism Chapter 8 Theoretical Implications for Children's Development, Studies on the Concept of Time, the Centeredness of School Pedagogy, and Critical Pedagogies Chapter 11 Policy Implications, Recommendations, and Conclusions

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cesar A. Rossatto, Cesar Augusto Rossatto, César Augusto Rossatto, Isar Augusto Rossatto, Rossatto Czsar Augusto
• Con la collaborazione di: Ana Maria Araújo Freire (Prefazione)
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.2005
• EAN: 9780742536968
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3696-8
• Pagine: 200
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Famiglia; Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; EDUCATION / General, Education, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy