Many good quotes, some quite resonant for our time: “Hopeless people make good fascists. Here the book starts to curve back on itself, returning to previous themes and topics, adumbrating and reflecting. It’s too long too reproduce here, and I don’t want to do an injustice by summarizing or excerpting it. There has been so much book club activity that it merited a post by itself. Each reflects on their experience of being outsiders as educators, then on their different personal stories and historical situations leading up to their becoming teachers. Horton and Freire discuss the political dimensions of their educational work, including the relationship between schools and politics. Here I’ll offer a summary of the reading, followed by links to readers’ activity online, some reflections, and discussion questions. In this post we can discuss chapters 5 (“Education and Social Change”) and 6 (“Reflections”). We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change Paperback Decemby Myles Horton (Author), Paulo Freire (Author), Brenda Bell (Editor), 155 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.87 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 193.99 2 Used from 193.99 1 New from 190.00 1 Collectible from 250. Throughout their highly personal conversations recorded here, Horton and Freire discuss the nature of social change and empowerment and their individual. Welcome to our book club’s ongoing reading of We Make the Road by Walking.
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