Teachers as cultural workers [electronic resource] : letters to those who dare teach / Paulo Freire ; translated by Donaldo Macedo, Dale Koike, and Alexandre Oliveira ; with a foreword by Donaldo Macedo and Ana Maria Araújo Freire.

A pedagogical trap -- Reading the world/reading the word -- Don't let the fear of what is difficult paralyze you -- I came into the teacher training program because I had no other options -- On the indispensable qualities of progressive teachers for their better performance -- The first day of school -- On the relationship between the educator and the learners -- From talking to learners to talking to them and with them; from listening to learners to being heard by them -- Cultural identity and education -- Concrete context/theoretical context -- Once more the question of discipline -- To know and to grow--everything yet to see.

"With new commentary by Peter McLaren, Joe L. Kincheloe, and Shirley Steinberg"--Cover.
Previous ed.: 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Translated from the Portuguese.