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“It doesnt hurt to repeat here the statement, still rejected by many people in spite of its obviousness, that education is a political act.”

Book:Teachers as Cultural Workers: Letters to Those who Dare Teach

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Teachers as Cultural Workers: Letters to Those who Dare Teach

This book delves into the profound impact teachers have on society, emphasizing the importance of cultural education and the courage required to challenge traditional teaching methods. more

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Paulo Freire

Brazilian educator, born on September 19, 1921, and died on May 2, 1997. Paulo Freire is renowned for his critical pedagogy theories and contributions to adult education. more

“No one can learn tolerance in a climate of irresponsibility, which does not produce democracy. The act of tolerating requires a climate in which limits may be established, in which there are principles to be respected. That is why tolerance is not coexistence with the intolerable. Under an authoritarian regime, in which authority is abused, or a permissive one, in which freedom is not limited, one can hardly learn tolerance. Tolerance requires respect, discipline, and ethics.”

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Author:Paulo Freire

“Being tolerant does not mean acquiescing to the intolerable; it does not mean covering up disrespect; it does not mean coddling the aggressor or disguising aggression. Tolerance is the virtue that teaches us to live with the different. It teaches us to learn from and respect the different.”

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Author:Paulo Freire

“I have never said, as is sometimes believed, or even suggested that lower-class children should not learn the so-called educated norm of the Portuguese language of Brazil. What I have said is that the problems of language always involve ideological questions and, along with them, questions of power.”

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Book:Teachers as Cultural Workers: Letters to Those who Dare Teach

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“Finally, it is important to make it clear that imagination is not an exercise for those detached from reality, those who live in the air. On the contrary, when we imagine something, we do it necessarily conditioned by a lack in our concrete reality. When children imagine free and happy schools, it is because their real schools deny them freedom and happiness.”