Myles Horton (1905–1990)

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

3+ oeuvres 489 utilisateurs 6 critiques

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Crédit image: Myles Horton [credit: Wisconsin Historical Society]

Œuvres de Myles Horton

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We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change (1990) 257 exemplaires

The Long Haul: An Autobiography (1990) 202 exemplaires

The Myles Horton Reader: Education for Social Change (2003) 30 exemplaires

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Nom légal: Horton, Myles Falls
Date de naissance: 1905-07-05
Date de décès: 1990-01-19
Sexe: male
Nationalité: USA
Lieu de naissance: Savannah, Tennessee, USA
Lieu du décès: Tennessee, USA
Études: Cumberland University
University of Chicago
Union Theological Seminary
Professions: teacher
activist
Organisations: Highlander Center

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The Long Haul: An Autobiography par Myles Horton

Couldn't get into this.

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lschiff | 3 autres critiques | Sep 24, 2023 |

The Long Haul: An Autobiography par Myles Horton

This was an incredibly moving story of persistence, foresight, and courage. I read this many years ago, soon after publication (early 1990's?),

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jjbinkc | 3 autres critiques | Aug 27, 2023 |

We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on… par Myles Horton

Fascinating book where two rad old men talk about their rad old lives. Lots of cool stuff in here about how they think about education, social change, and living life. Totally fun, and seems like it'd be useful if you're at all interested in empowering the people around you and/or education or just how some very interesting people thought and lived their lives.

Reading this book kicked off a whole swarm of poorly-formed thoughts about how to live my life. I want to re-read this book in a few months- hopefully it will help those thoughts fall into place. If this plan works I'll come back and update to a 5.… (plus d'informations)

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haagen_daz | 1 autre critique | Jun 6, 2019 |

We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on… par Myles Horton

This book was an intriguing read that sometimes reinforced my philosophy on education and sometimes challenged it. Published in 1990, the ideas discussed are still very relevant to current events both in and outside the realm of education. I appreciated the cognitive dissonance.

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EllsbethB | 1 autre critique | Dec 30, 2016 |

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