James D. Kirylo | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | professor |
Academic background | |
Influences | Paulo 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 interests | critical 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]