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Author Horton, Myles, 1905-1990.

Title 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.

Imprint Philadelphia : Temple University Press, ©1990.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  370.1 H823W    Check Shelf
Description xxxvii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxv-xxxvii) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997.
Horton, Myles, 1905-1990.
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997 (OCoLC)fst01439529
Horton, Myles, 1905-1990 (OCoLC)fst01718227
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) (OCoLC)fst00612092
Horton, Myles.
Freire, Paulo.
Education -- Philosophy.
Social change.
Adult education -- Social aspects -- United States.
Education -- Social aspects -- Brazil.
Adult education -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00797323
Education -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00902721
Education -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00902773
Social change. (OCoLC)fst01122310
Brazil. (OCoLC)fst01206830
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Bildungswesen (DE-588)4006681-2
Sozialer Wandel (DE-588)4077587-2
Bildungswesen.
Sozialer Wandel.
Added Author Bell, Brenda.
Gaventa, John, 1949-
Peters, John Marshall, 1941-
ISBN 0877227713
9780877227717
0877227756
9780877227755
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