Interpretation Of Teaching Transgress By Gloria Watkins
There are different ways of interpreting a text. One way could be interpreting the text taking in account the philosophical background of the author. Other way of interpreting a text would be taking in consideration the philosophical background of the reader, and another way would be taking in account the message the text intends to convey or the experience the reader can acquire by reading the text.
Before analyzing the three different methods of interpretation above mentioned. It is necessary to make an exposition of the content of the book titled “Teaching Transgress,” and written by Gloria Watkins. To the author, education is a practice of freedom (p, 14). From there she developed a form of self-realization in which the intention of being …show more content…
Watkins says, “during the short time I studied with him, I was deeply moved by his presence” (p,. 19). As Freire, Watkins also intends to empower not only the student but also the underprivileged members of society. In her book “Teaching to Transgress” the author uses her philosophical stance in a positive way, and she influences the lives of those that for any given reason struggle in a dominated, oppressed and controlled society. She invites the reader to adapt and to participate in her contagious liberatory education philosophical perspective. the text is rich in accounts supporting this kind of philosophy, certainly, her optimism does not have …show more content…
Therefore. Watkins book is just a utopia not a reality, and it fits into the capitalist literature which at the end under the disguise of freedom promotes total obedience and total discipline as a way to obtain liberation. Probably from the gender perspective Gloria’s text is an important part of this movement, but from the educational liberation perspective where only the 10% of Mexican Americans, Chicanos and Hispanics graduate, Watkins’ book is a fiction book that follows the pattern of rags to riches literature in which a student who belongs to the oppressed class achieves a higher position by his or her obedient acts. But again, this is not the reality for millions of underprivileged students who have been expelled from the classroom, and are spending their life in and out of
Before analyzing the three different methods of interpretation above mentioned. It is necessary to make an exposition of the content of the book titled “Teaching Transgress,” and written by Gloria Watkins. To the author, education is a practice of freedom (p, 14). From there she developed a form of self-realization in which the intention of being …show more content…
Watkins says, “during the short time I studied with him, I was deeply moved by his presence” (p,. 19). As Freire, Watkins also intends to empower not only the student but also the underprivileged members of society. In her book “Teaching to Transgress” the author uses her philosophical stance in a positive way, and she influences the lives of those that for any given reason struggle in a dominated, oppressed and controlled society. She invites the reader to adapt and to participate in her contagious liberatory education philosophical perspective. the text is rich in accounts supporting this kind of philosophy, certainly, her optimism does not have …show more content…
Therefore. Watkins book is just a utopia not a reality, and it fits into the capitalist literature which at the end under the disguise of freedom promotes total obedience and total discipline as a way to obtain liberation. Probably from the gender perspective Gloria’s text is an important part of this movement, but from the educational liberation perspective where only the 10% of Mexican Americans, Chicanos and Hispanics graduate, Watkins’ book is a fiction book that follows the pattern of rags to riches literature in which a student who belongs to the oppressed class achieves a higher position by his or her obedient acts. But again, this is not the reality for millions of underprivileged students who have been expelled from the classroom, and are spending their life in and out of