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The People Speak Their Word: Learning to Read and Write in Sao Tome and Principe.
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Freire, Paulo – Harvard Educational Review, 1981
Freire reflects on his role as consultant to the Adult Literacy Program in Sao Tome and Principe. Emphasizing the political aspects of pedagogy, he describes how adults learn to read and write, as well as to think critically and participate in national development. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Critical Thinking, Developing Nations
Reprint: Cultural Action for Freedom.
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Freire, Paulo – Harvard Educational Review, 1998
Reprints of two Harvard Educational Review articles from 1970, "The Adult Literacy Process in Cultural Action for Freedom" and "Cultural Action and Conscientization," highlight the importance of education to human rights. (SK)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Literacy, Civil Rights, Culture
Teachers as Cultural Workers. Letters to Those Who Dare Teach. The Edge: Critical Studies in Educational Theory.
Freire, Paulo – 1998
The essays in this collection, presented as letters to teachers, reaffirm Paulo Freire's place as the most significant educator in the world during the last half of the 20th century. As North America experiences a rapid change to conditions approximating those of the Third World, Freire's pedagogy becomes more important, not only for his methods…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth