"In Teachers as Cultural Workers, Freire speaks directly to teachers about the lessons learned from a lifetime of experience as an educator and social theorist." "This book challenges all who teach to reflect critically on the meaning of the act of teaching as well as the meaning of learning. Freire shows why a teacher's success depends on a permanent commitment to learning and training, as part of an ongoing appraisal of classroom practice. By observing the curiosity of students and the manner through which students develop strategies for learning, the teacher is helped in discovering doubts, successes, and the teacher's mistakes. When teachers open themselves to recognize the different roads students take in order to learn, they will become involved in a continual reconstruction of their own paths of curiosity, opening the doors to habits of learning that will benefit everyone in the classroom."--BOOK JACKET.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Donaldo Macedo and Ana Maria Araujo Freire Series Editors' Preface / Shirley R. Steinberg, Joe L. Kincheloe and Peter McLaren First Words: A Pedagogical Trap First Letter: Reading the World/Reading the Word Second Letter: Don't Let the Fear of What Is Difficult Paralyze You Third Letter: I Came into the Teacher Training Program Because I Had No Other Options Fourth Letter: On the Indispensable Qualities of Progressive Teachers for Their Better Performance

Fifth Letter: The First Day of School Sixth Letter: On the Relationship Between the Educator and the Learners Seventh Letter: From Talking to Learners to Talking to Them and with Them; From Listening to Learners to Being Heard by Them Eighth Letter: Cultural Identity and Education Ninth Letter: Concrete Context/Theoretical Context Tenth Letter: Once More the Question of Discipline Last Words: To Know and to Grow - Everything Yet to See.