Love your reference to Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Terry. I focused on and worked into my teaching the concept of "problem-posing education" against what I saw happening around me: "banking education." Another book that affected me deeply and which I read carefully was The Autobiography of Malcolm X which was recommended by The Experiment in International Living prior to my summer home stay exchange experience with a family in Morocco when I was 21.
Love your take on so many things and our experiences are similar in many ways and we were exposed to the same era -- an exciting time it was.
I wonder just how impactful Pedagogy of the Oppressed was, how broadly it shaped reading comprehension in the disciplines of education. It was an earthquake for both of us. Intertextuality as an aspect of comprehension is usually very narrowly construed—topical, thematic, usually texts read close together in time. You and I are proof this text had a permanent impact and is a mental object we share. The Malcolm X book is another one. His discussion of the role of reading in his life situation was powerful and seminal for both of us.
Love your reference to Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Terry. I focused on and worked into my teaching the concept of "problem-posing education" against what I saw happening around me: "banking education." Another book that affected me deeply and which I read carefully was The Autobiography of Malcolm X which was recommended by The Experiment in International Living prior to my summer home stay exchange experience with a family in Morocco when I was 21.
Love your take on so many things and our experiences are similar in many ways and we were exposed to the same era -- an exciting time it was.
I wonder just how impactful Pedagogy of the Oppressed was, how broadly it shaped reading comprehension in the disciplines of education. It was an earthquake for both of us. Intertextuality as an aspect of comprehension is usually very narrowly construed—topical, thematic, usually texts read close together in time. You and I are proof this text had a permanent impact and is a mental object we share. The Malcolm X book is another one. His discussion of the role of reading in his life situation was powerful and seminal for both of us.