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We make the road by walking : conversations on education and social change

Title
  1. We make the road by walking : conversations on education and social change / Myles Horton and Paulo Freire ; edited by Brenda Bell, John Gaventa, and John Peters.
Published by
  1. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, ©1990.
Author
  1. Horton, Myles, 1905-1990.

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Additional authors
  1. Bell, Brenda.
  2. Gaventa, John, 1949-
  3. Peters, John Marshall, 1941-
Description
  1. xxxvii, 256 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
  1. "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.
Subject
  1. Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997
  2. Horton, Myles, 1905-1990
  3. Horton, Myles
  4. Freire, Paulo
  5. Freire, Paulo, 1921- > Et l'action sociale
  6. Horton, Myles, 1905- > Et l'action sociale
  7. Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997
  8. Horton, Myles, 1905-1990
  9. Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
  10. Education > Philosophy
  11. Social change
  12. Adult education > Social aspects > United States
  13. Education > Social aspects > Brazil
  14. Social Change
  15. Éducation > Philosophie
  16. Changement social
  17. Éducation des adultes > Aspect social > États-Unis
  18. Education
  19. Adult education > Social aspects
  20. Education > Philosophy
  21. Education > Social aspects
  22. Social change
  23. Bildungswesen
  24. Sozialer Wandel
  25. Brazil
  26. United States
Contents
  1. Introduction: "We make the road by walking" -- Formative years. "I was always getting in trouble for reading in school" ; "Reading has to be a loving event" ; "I couldn't use all this book learning" ; "I always am in the beginning, as you" ; "Pockets of hope" : literacy and citizenship -- Ideas. "Without practice there's no knowledge" ; "Is it possible just to teach biology" ; "I've always been ambivalent about charismatic leaders" ; "The difference between education and organizing" ; "My expertise is in knowing not to be an expert" ; "My respect for the soul of the culture" ; "I learned a lot from being a father" -- Educational practice. "The more the people become themselves, the better the democracy" ; "Highlander is a weaving of many colors" ; "Conflicts are the midwife of consciousness " -- Education and social change. "You have to bootleg education" ; "The people begin to get their history into their hands, and then the role of education changes" -- Reflections. "Peaks and valleys and hills and hollers" ; "It's necessary to laugh with the people" -- Epilogue.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.