On love, becomings, and true generosity for science education: honoring Paulo Freire

Alejandra Frausto Aceves,Sara Tolbert,Betzabé Torres-Olave

doi:10.1007/s11422-021-10098-w

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In this editorial article, we draw on our experiences to create an opening for critical reflection in honor of Paulo Freire's centenary. We start by addressing the need to overcome the productivity logic of the Academy and instead prioritize thinking and being in communion with others. We orient toward Freirean critical hope as an impetus to move beyond the limits of commodified time and engage in the process of collective becoming. We share our struggles and tensions through stories of Freirean becomings, reflecting on those "limited situations" in which our critical hope acted as catalysts for us to embrace our unfinishedness. We draw from our collective experiences and becomings to think more deeply about “the heart” of science education. We believe a heart-centered science education is one that forges solidarity with human and more-than-human others, and exploits pockets of resistance in the name of more socially and ecologically just present futures.

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Resumen En este artículo editorial, nos basamos en nuestras experiencias para comenzar una reflexión crítica en honor al centenario de Paulo Freire
I cannot be in the world decontextualized, observing life” (Freire 1998, p.73)
“Human beings in communion liberate each other” (Freire, 1970, p. 129), being in communion with each other allows us to feel a kind of collective vibration, across and through our diverse positionalities and contexts, reverberating in other corners of the world

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Resumen En este artículo editorial, nos basamos en nuestras experiencias para comenzar una reflexión crítica en honor al centenario de Paulo Freire. I know there are other pockets of resistance, other students, educators, parents and organizers, working alongside me (even if we have never met), grounded in love and solidarity and the more I hear about their stories, the more I feel inspired to dream and imagine.

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