Research Catalog

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Description

1. xi, 185 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. 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. 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.

Subject

1. Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997
2. Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997
3. Freire, Paulo
4. Critical pedagogy > Cross-cultural studies
5. Critical pedagogy > United States
6. Critical pedagogy > Brazil
7. Critical pedagogy
8. Bewusstseinspädagogik
9. Rezeption
10. Kulturvergleich
11. Volksonderwijs
12. Brazil
13. United States
14. Amerika

Genre/Form

1. Biographies
2. Cross-cultural studies
3. Biographies.

Contents

1. Introduction, a personal perspective -- Seeing fatalism and optimism from a Freirean perspective -- Time consciousness -- Blind optimism -- Fatalistic optimism -- Resilient optimism -- Transformative optimism -- The impact of U.S. standardized testing in the context of the four categories of optimism -- Theoretical implications for children's development, studies on concept of time, the centeredness of school pedagogy, and critical pedagogies -- Policy implications, recommendations, and conclusions.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-175) and index.