I was starting to heal. At the time I started teaching the seminar, I also began an Independent Study course, as part of my doctoral program, called Teacher Education and Philosophical Ways of Knowing. I was interested in teachers' philosophical ways of knowing and making meaning of knowledge from a non-Eurocentric perspective. Freire's concept of problem-posing education named and validated my approach to teaching and learning. They become jointly responsible for a process in which all grow. .
People teach each other, mediated by the world,. . .
Not only had I found the theory that supported my teaching and learning practices, I was engaged in a learning situation where liberating education was happening. Since Freire's work provided the liberating education theory, I selected the writings of Patricia Hill Collins and bell hooks to provide the black feminist voices and language that helped me express my experiences and ideas in an academic setting. Oppressed groups are frequently placed in situation of being listened to only if we frame our ideas in the language that is familiar to and comfortable for a dominant group. I was familiar with. The kind of recognition I was receiving from my professor was the same kind of recognition I strived for with my students.