Hi Jeffrey:

I like very much Paulo Freire.  I have encountered
quite a few instructors who, like me, know the
philosophy behind his work but not the methodology.  I
have to do research, but I am afraid that it probably
will be an indirect search.  Toni Monchinsky from the
Political Science Program at the Graduate Center from
City University gave a talk on Freire and education. 
He provided one chapter of his book to those who
attended.  Unfortunately the work can not be quoted
because the book has not been published, yet.  At
least not before I went to this Theory Talk in the
program.  I will share the information with this
discussion list in case anyone is interested in the
book once it is published.  Or maybe you can Google
his name and the book title already appears.

I couldn't agree more on one issue with you.  We have
no right to impose our views on our students but we
certainly can work with critical thinking skills and
materials that we find relevant to them.  

Thanks for sharing, Jeffrey.
Nadia
--- jeffrey A fantine <fantine at ohio.edu> wrote:


> Nadia and PDers:

> 

> I think the best way to approach the topic of

> diversity for teachers is to 

> approach it from a critical pedagogy perspective,

> the purpose of which is 

> to transform the oppressive conditions that exist in

> the world.

> 

> My recommendation for a PD event is to have

> participants read something in 

> advance that will get them thinking about diversity,

> oppression and 

> tolerance.  For example, having them read Pedagogy

> of the Oppressed by 

> Paulo Freire could (and should) shape a valuable

> dialogue.  As many of you 

> know, Freire is considered by many to be the most

> influential educational 

> philosopher in the development of critical

> pedagogical thought and 

> practice.  I also recommend another book, The

> Subaltern Speak:  Curriculum, 

> Power and Education Struggles edited by Apple and

> Buras (subaltern is the 

> current academic term to describe the dispossessed).

>  Discussions centered 

> around these books can get into "hidden curriculum."

> 

> I don't think it's a matter of "teaching" diversity,

> but engaging students 

> in critical reflection - and teachers do have a

> right to engage their 

> students in critical reflection without imposing

> prejudices or any 

> particular belief.

> 

> -J

> 

> 

> 

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