The Freedom Writers Method: Helping teens to write about themselves and celebrate the change

• Authors: Giuseppe Cursio
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

This article presents the experience of a teacher – Erin Gruwell – an English literature teacher at a school in Long Beach, Los Angeles (California). The teacher, proposing in school writing a personal diary at school, created significant conditions for change for the students. The educational experiences offered by Erin Gruwell spurred the motivation to write diaries. Doing this has opened up a reflective space on their hard life: the students have begun to think about a future of hope. Of particular significance was the experience of „Toast for Change”, which marked a new beginning in the lives of these students.

Keywords

EN

write; autobiography; availability; diary; to change the future; hope; motivation

PL

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
• Journal: The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2017

online

2017-05-01

Contributors

author

Giuseppe Cursio

Identifiers

DOI

10.15633/pch.1980