1st Edition

Education And Democracy

By Pilar O'Cadiz, Pia Wong, Carlos Torres Copyright 1998
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

This book has been almost seven years in the making. Though the work has certainly not been continuous for all those years, it was a major focus of the three of us for most of them. It is a tribute to Paulo Freire, his courage, his humanity, and the timelessness and relevancy of his ideas that our work on this manuscript was never tedious, never dull, and never a burden, but rather a constant... Read more
From a Pedagogy of the Oppressed to a Pedagogy of Hope -- Setting the Stage: Politics, Policy, and Education in Brazil -- Redefining Relationships: The State, Education, and Social Change -- Creating the Popular Public School: Theoretical Foundations and Policy Initiatives -- Reorienting the Curriculum: The Interdisciplinary Project -- Pedagogy of Hope and School Realities -- Conclusion

Biography

Pilar O'Cadiz, Carlos Torres