Literacy, Social Movements, and ClassConsciousness: Paths from Freire and the SPo Paulo Experience

During a socialist administration in Slio Paub, Brazil, from 2989 to 2992, a movement for literacy training of youths and adults (MOVA) and for a curriculum reform was established in the city‘s elementary schools. This article describes the socialist educational projects and Freire‘s work in Slio Paulo. It provides both a theoretical discussion of the projects’ Freirean premises and a narrative of the experience of a particular group of literacy learners in one Slio Paul0 favela (shantytown). The authors demonstrate u special concern for the articulation between the public sector (i.e., a gmernment agency) and various social movements, as manifested in the MOVA literacy movement. The conclusion calls for ”long life” to the creative imagination that inspires and propels such projects of education for social change.