Literacy: Reading the Word and the World

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Routledge, 5 oct. 2005 - 216 pages
Freire and Macedo analyse the connection between literacy and politics according to whether it produces existing social relations, or introduces a new set of cultural practices that promote democratic and emancipatory change.
 

Table des matières

Introduction Literacy and the Pedagogy of Political Empowerment
1
Chapter 1 The Importance of the Act of Reading
20
Chapter 2 Adult Literacy and Popular Libraries
25
A Dialogue
32
Literacy in Action
42
Chapter 5 Literacy in GuineaBissau Revisited
67
Chapter 6 The Illiteracy of Literacy in the United States
84
Chapter 7 Literacy and Critical Pedagogy
98
Appendix Letter to Mario Cabral
111
Chapter Notes
117
Bibliography
124
Index
125
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À propos de l'auteur (2005)

The late Paulo Freire was a world renowned educator, writer, and social activist. Among the books translated from Portuguese by Paradigm Publishers are "Pedagogy of Indignation" (2004), "Daring to Dream" (2007), and another new book forthcoming in 2012. Freire s early book, "Pedagogy of the Oppressed", sold more than 1 million copies and was translated to fifty languages.

Donaldo Macedo is Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

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