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"With the publication of Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire established himself as one of the most important and radical educational thinkers of his time. In Pedagogy of Hope, Freire revisits the themes of his masterpiece, the real world contexts that inspired them and their impact in that very world. Freire's abiding concern for social justice and education in the developing world remains as timely and as inspiring as ever, and is shaped by both his rigorous intellect and his boundless compassion. Pedagogy of Hope is a testimonial to the inner vitality of generations denied prosperity and to the often-silent, generous strength of millions throughout the world who refuse to let hope be extinguished."--Back cover

Harnessing conceptual inspiration through the work of Harriet Tubman and Queen Nanny the Maroon of Jamaica, this book explores the historical and contemporary role that education has – and can continually play as an instrument of personal and group liberation. The book discusses the early formations of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the enslavement of native populations, and the subsequent development of the Underground Railroad and Maroon societies in the Caribbean and Americas as systems of liberation. It investigates the development and maintenance of racial, gendered and class stratifi cation, and provides a personal path to freedom as a context for a broader discussion on using education as a mechanism for dismantling the effects of colonization, miseducation, and social-psychological domination in schools and society. As a contemporary issue, it presents an in depth analysis of the Tucson Unifi ed School District in Arizona, and the controversy surrounding its ethnic studies program as an example of one of the contested sites of curriculum development and student liberation. Additionally, it discusses high performing charter schools as an alternative model of education, which may help to provide a systematic way of unshackling institutional barriers and oppression. Ultimately, this book acknowledges that today the road tofreedom is still one we must all travel as: miseducation, school failure, school dropout, unemployment/underemployment, poverty, neighborhood violence, incarceration, and a growing prison industrial complex are all reminders of the work that still must be accomplished. Like those who historically sacrifi ced their lives to gain freedom and an education, today, with the lingering effects of institutionalized systems of domination, education must continue to be an instrument of social mobility and liberation, if indeed, we are to make schools and society more humane and inclusive towards those who are still waiting to be unshackled. The book presents implications regarding the treaties on education for freedom as a school reform and public policy topic.

Foreword / João M. Paraskeva -- Introduction : critical education in international perspectives -- Part I : education, markets and alternatives -- Lifelong education/Learning : an alternative critical approach -- Philosophy of differences and social creation / Anna Maria Piussi and Antonia De -- Part II : a critical reading of the world -- Gabriela Mistral : poet of education -- Lorenzo Milani and the schools of San Donato and Sant'Andrea di Barbiana -- Ada Gobetti : education for resistance and reconstruction -- Paulo Freire, globalisation and emancipatory education -- Part III : education and migration -- Towards an anti-racist education and human solidarity in the Mediterranean and In the context of migrations -- Hegemony, migration and misplaced alliances. Lessons from Antonio Gramsci -- Part IV : popular education, social movements and the struggle for independence -- Amilcar Cabral and Paulo Freire : the struggle for independence and popular education in Guinea Bissau, with Amilcar Araujo Pereira -- Julius K. Nyerere's sgnposts for a postcolonial education -- Social movements and critical education in Brazil : from the origins of popular education to the struggle for democratization, with Roberto Leher -- Epilogue.

"In Sista Talk Too, Rochelle Brock brings us meaningful new material, to evoke and update her past examination of Black women in today's culture. The first Sista Talk: The Personal and the Pedagogical is an inquiry into the questions of how Black women define their existence in a society which devalues, dehumanizes, and silences their beliefs. Placing herself inside of the research, Rochelle Brock invited the reader on a journey of self-exploration, as she and seven of her Black female students investigate their collective journey toward self-awareness in the attempt to liberate their minds and souls from ideological domination. Throughout, Sista Talk attempted to understand the ways in which this self-exploration informs her pedagogy. Combining Black feminist and Afrocentric Theory with critical pedagogy, this book frames the parameters for an Afrowomanist pedagogy of wholeness for teaching Black students. In Sista Talk Too, Rochelle Brock brings us something to be remembered by, chapters and writings from students and colleagues to help us survive and thrive in this world. All in the spirit of love, life and Oshun"--