Penn State

Consortium forSocial Movements and Education
Research and Practice

We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change

We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change

Myles Horton, Paulo Freire
1990
1990

Abstract

This dialogue between two of the most prominent thinkers on social change in the twentieth century was certainly a meeting of giants. Throughout their highly personal conversations recorded here, Horton and Freire discuss the nature of social change and empowerment and their individual literacy campaigns. The ideas of these men developed through two very different channels: Horton's, from the Highlander Center, a small, independent residential education center situated outside the formal schooling system and the state; Freire's, from within university and state-sponsored programs.

Abstract

This dialogue between two of the most prominent thinkers on social change in the twentieth century was certainly a meeting of giants. Throughout their highly personal conversations recorded here, Horton and Freire discuss the nature of social change and empowerment and their individual literacy campaigns. The ideas of these men developed through two very different channels: Horton's, from the Highlander Center, a small, independent residential education center situated outside the formal schooling system and the state; Freire's, from within university and state-sponsored programs.

Social Movements

Keywords

Latin America, Nonformal Education, North America, Popular Education, Praxis

Theme

Popular Education; Adult Education; and Social Movement Learning