We make the road by walking : conversations on education and social change
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We make the road by walking : conversations on education and social change
Temple University Press, c1990
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Two pioneers of education discuss their diverse experiences and ideas
Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgments Editors' Introduction 1. Introduction "We make the road by walking" 2. 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 3. 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" 4. 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" 5. 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" 6. Reflections "Peaks and valleys and hills and hollers" "It's necessary to laugh with the people" Epilogue Index
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