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Ada (Alma Flor) Paulo Freire Collection
2009.020.r.f  
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carton 1

CV, papers, book reviews and manuscripts 1996-2000

Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet(1 box)

Scope and Contents

This series contains Alma Flor Ada's curriculum vitae which is dated February 14, 1990. Also included are various publications of Alma Flor Ada including articles, book reviews, and her thesis. One work of particular interest is Ada's writings and notes for the Colloquium on Education Transformation for Social Liberation.

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Ada, Alma Flor
Freire, Paulo
carton 6

Teaching materials 1972-1991

Physical Description: 3 Linear Feet(3 boxes)

Scope and Contents

This folder contains materials used by Alma Flor Ada in her lectures and classes. Also contains lesson plans, class notes and class readings.

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Critical pedagogy.
Ada, Alma Flor
Ada, Alma Flor
Freire, Paulo
carton 6, carton 5, carton 4

Teaching binders 1994-2000

Physical Description: 3 Linear Feet(3 boxes)

Scope and Contents

These binders contain teaching material and lesson plans used in the classroom by Ada. Binders are labeled "Colloquium on Education Transformation for Social Liberation" (1994) and "Critcal Pedagogy" (2000).

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Critical pedagogy.
Ada, Alma Flor
Freire, Paulo
carton 6, carton 1

Other faculty publications

Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet

Scope and Contents

This series consists of other faculty publications whose work was influenced by Ada, Freire, and pedogogical theories.
carton 9, carton 8, carton 10, carton 7

Students work 1999-2003

Physical Description: 3 Linear Feet(3 boxes)

Scope and Contents

This series contains several theses written by past student of Ada. All deal with aspects of Freire's pedogogical theories.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ada, Alma Flor
carton 5

Ephemera 1995-1999

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Scope and Contents

This folder contains 10 copies of the "Chronicle" newsletter, one catalog of books by Alma Flor Ada and one piece of a manila envelope with mailing address.
carton 5

Photographs July 2001

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Scope and Contents

This folder contains 2 images of Alma Flor Ada with graduating students.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ada, Alma Flor
carton 3

Media, cassette tapes and slides 1975-1991

Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet(171 cassettes tapes, and slides)

Scope and Contents

This series contains cassette tape recordings of discussions, lectures, interviews, and notes of Ada's work. These tapes range from 1975-1991. The slides are from the Spanish reading series "Hagamos Caminos", which is a series of workbooks used to promote language and concept development and incorported both text and illustrations. The slides are not dated.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Critical pedagogy.
Ada, Alma Flor
carton 11

Media, VHS 1989-1993

Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet(42 VHS cassette tapes)

Scope and Contents

This series contains 42 VHS tapes which feature lectures of Ada. This includes such lectures as "Issues on Participatory Research" from 1989. Some recordings feature Ada ineracting with and answering questions from students. Some of these VHS tapes feature other faculty lectures, including Dr. Torres-Guzman lecturing on transformative education in 1993.
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Puppet, Paulo Freire likeness

Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet(1 oversize box)

Scope and Contents

This large stick puppet with a papier-mâché head was used by Prof. Alma Flor Ada in her classroom instruction dealing with Freire. It is a likeness of Freire (note: glasses are missing).
From Alma Flor Ada: "This puppet was created by Julia Marshall, art professor at San Francisco State University, at the time she was a doctoral student at the School of Education, International Multicultural Education, University of San Francisco.
Following the Transformative Education principle of using art and creativity while constructing knowledge, Julia set up an original interview with Paulo Freire as a presentation for one of Dr. Alma Flor Ada’s courses.
Julia selected sections of recordings by Freire and created a tape that would answer very appropriately with Paulo’s recorded words a set of questions. She placed the puppet she had handcrafted on a chair and sat across from it. Whenever she asked a question, another student hidden from the class, would play the appropriate answer from the tape.
Since no-one had any knowledge of what she was planning to do, she created quite a bit of expectation by setting several posters announcing Paulo Freire’s presence at the class set time. It was all so cleverly done that numerous students from other courses showed up believing they would indeed see Paulo Freire.
The puppet sat for several years at my office. Although I do miss its company, I’m delighted to have it be at the Paulo Freire Archives at Chapman University."

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ada, Alma Flor
Freire, Paulo