In order to teach, as Paulo Freire would say, from a pedagogy of liberation, we must base our work in our core beliefs in knowledge and the search for truth; our struggles to create sustainable communities and a sustainable global community with peace
and justice; and our belief in education as a route to human liberation. But we must always temper these motivations with a keen and well developed ability to listen to our students.
A student reflected ”on our learning experience at the end of last year. After listening to all the other students, he struggled to express this one thought. He said, “In most classes we learn about equations, but in this class I was the equation.” I could not have been more proud as an educator.” Chris Sperry.
Chris Sperry gave this keynote address at the National Association for Media Literacy Education conference in Detroit on August 4, 2009.