My sources of inspiration as a teacher

My sources of inspiration as a teacher are Paulo Freire, Eliana Yunes, Ana Mara Machado and Brookfield . 

Paulo Freire inspire my practice as teacher because he defends that Education should make people reflect critically  about the social and political problems we face in the world in which we live in. The teacher and the students should reflect together about these problems. 

Eliana Yunes is a literature professor at PUC-Rio, the university in Brazil where I studied Language and Literature in Brazil. She has been researching  about Reading and Literature for many years and she was my adviser in Master studies in Brazilian Literature. She taught me Literature ,reading theories , intertextuality. 

Ana Maria Machado is a Brazilian writer. She defends that reading Literature is a right of every children . She also argues that teachers have to be readers and enjoy reading Literature in order to encourage their students to become readers and  to enjoy reading Literature too. 

Reading Brookfield´s book Becoming a critically reflexive teacher made me realize how a teacher can improve his / her practice by listening to the students´ opinions, other teachers' views, reading theory  and use his /her  personal experience to make the teachers and the students critically reflect  about what they are teaching and what they are learning. After reading this book, I feel that I am more open to new ideas and different views about an issue.
References

Freire, P. (1989). A importância do ato de ler em três artigos que se completam. ( 23rd edition). São Paulo: Autores Associados; Cortez.

Freire, P. (1983) The importance of the act of Reading. . Translated by Loreta Slower and published in English in Journal of Education in 1983, p. 5. This conference occurred in 1981 and this essay was published in the book A importância do ato de ler em três artigos que se completam. (1989, 23 edition). São Paulo : Autores Associados; Cortez. The translation was accessed on October 31 at http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/files/freire.pdf

Freire, P. (2013). Pedagogia do oprimido. (E-book). Rio de Janeiro: Paz e Terra.

 Machado, A. M. (2001). Texturas: sobre leituras e escritos. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira.

Machado, A. M. (2011). Silenciosa algazarra: reflexões sobre livros e práticas de leitura. São Paulo. Companhia das Letras.

Yunes, E. (2002). Leitura, a complexidade do simples: do mundo da letra e de volta ao mundo. . pp ; 13 -52 In (Eds ) Yunes, E. Pensar a leitura: complexidade. Rio de Janeiro: Editora PUC-Rio; Loyola, São Paulo, pp. 13-52.