E-motioned Teachers Who Dare to Teach!

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Abstract

One of the most inspiring books I have ever read is Paulo Freire’s Teachers as cultural workers: Letters to those who dare teach. That is why, for the title of this chapter, I used an expression that suggests courage and devotion toward teaching. In Freire’s book (1998), there is a wealth of reflections and warnings written with the typical Freirían expression rooted in tenderness and in what I call critical hope. Therefore, when I first thought of collecting a series of essays about great teachers, I also was thinking of introducing myself in a more critical dimension of my own work as a critical teacher and a critical psychologist, by listening firsthand to the stories of teachers who have had the courage to teach with purpose.

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Private Practice Graduate Program Puerto Rican Woman Woman Educator 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.University of Puerto Rico, College of EducationSan JuanUSA

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