The Freirean Legacy

In this collection of voices, one hears stories and discussions grounded in the ideas of one of the most influential teachers and thinker of our time. The Freirean Legacy offers the reader an opportunity to consider the book of Paulo Freire in terms of three significant perspectives. Michael Apple, Joe Kincheloe, and Ana Maria Araujo (Nita) Freire are among those who share insights and understandings resulting from firsthand experiences with Freire. The theoretical insights into his work and ideas are brought forth in pieces by Peter McLarenkk, Judith J. Slater, and others. Finally, this book concludes with interpretations of Freire's teachings as applied to praxis by several author, including Stephen M. Fain an Ceser A. Rossatto. This anthology will serve the initiate well in gitting to know Paulo Freire, while at the sohisticated scholar with an opportunity to advance the conversation and continue the dialogue. Contents: Michel W. Apple: Preface: The Freirian Legacy--Ana Maia Araujo Freire: Paulo Freire and the Untested Feasibility--Joe L. Kincheloe/Shirley R. Steinberg: A Legacy of Paulo Freire: A Conversation--Veronica Gesser: Paulo Freire: The Man, His Work, and His Character--Peter McLaren/Ramin Farahmandpur: Freire, Marx, and the New Imperialism: Toward a Revolutionary Prexis--Juadit J. Slater: Limitations of the Public Space: Habitus and Worldessness--Gerard Huiskamp: Negotiating Communities of Meaninrg in Theory and Practice: Rereading Pedagogy of the Oppresed as Direct Dialogie Encounter--Jill L. Hauold: Idle Hands are the Devil' Workshop: A History of American Child Labor and Compulsory Education; Emancipation or Reconstituted Oppression>