Book, Learning from one’s own story[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. "Exciting stories that show a moment of political upheaval and rare firmness to defend the ideals of freedom, education and justice. In Learning from His Own History¸, educator Sérgio Guimarães conducts with sensitivity and intelligence a dialogue with the Patron of Brazilian Education, making Freire an example of how the journey itself is also a source of dialogue and knowledge. Famous for his innovative thinking and his incessant fight against inequalities, here Paulo embodies the true meaning of pedagogy and becomes, himself, an educator and student . Life and thought, theory and practice, everything comes together in the accounts of a story that is both rich and simple, and that could only result in what he valued most throughout his life: learning. Furthermore, Sérgio seeks out characters who inspired and shared important moments of this learning. Paulo de Tarso dos Santos, Minister of Education and Culture when Freire worked in Brasília, tells stories about politics in the 1960s. Clodomir Santos Morais, Paulo's prison companion, talks about his life experiences and of his friend's relationship with the Vatican. Learning from history itself teaches us about simplicity, loyalty and friendship and makes us discover how everything can be an object of knowledge. The book represents all of his theory and ideals, as it is nothing more than a life in words. And, faced with it, there is little left for us other than to become, like Freire, students and educators. "