James D. Kirylo

James D. Kirylo
Born
NationalityAmerican
Occupationprofessor
Academic background
InfluencesPaulo Freire, Oscar Romero, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Dorothy Day, John Dewey, Richard Rohr, Mother Teresa, Francis of Assisi, Martin Luther King Jr., Jean Piaget
Academic work
Main interestscritical pedagogy, curriculum theory, liberation theology, multiculturalism, literacy

James David Kirylo is professor of education at the University of South Carolina who teaches courses that examine concepts associated with critical pedagogy, curriculum theorizing, teacher leadership, diversity and literacy. Among other books, he is author of Teaching with Purpose: An Inquiry into the Who, Why, and How We Teach,[1] A Turning Point in Teacher Education: A Time for Resistance, Reflection and Change (with Jerry Aldridge),[2] and Paulo Freire: The Man from Recife,[3] which is one of the most comprehensive texts in English on the life and thought of Paulo Freire, significantly contributing to Freirean scholarship.[4][5]

  1. ^ Kirylo, James D. (2016-05-02). Teaching with Purpose: An Inquiry into the Who, Why, And How We Teach. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781475812947.
  2. ^ Kirylo, James D. (2019-01-25). A Turning Point in Teacher Education: A Time for Resistance, Reflection and Change. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781475827064.
  3. ^ University, Southeastern Louisiana. "News Release". Selu.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  4. ^ "Paulo Freire - Startseite - Peter Lang Verlagsgruppe". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  5. ^ "Brief Review: Paulo Freire by James Kirylo [Vol. 4, #25.5]". The Englewood Review of Books. 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2017-09-03.