Myles Horton began the Highlander Folk School in 1932 to educate activists. It is evident from these three organizers that in order to become a “group-centered leader”, the leader must build techniques that strive to create independent thinkers who are able to find their own voice and solve problems without always having their leader present.
In addition to Ella Baker, other activists such as Myles Horton and Paulo Freire in We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change also build on the idea of a “group-centered leader” even in other contexts such as relating to education. In both Charles Payne’s “Ella Baker and Models of Social Change” and Carol Mueller’s “Ella Baker and the Origins of ‘Participatory Democracy’”, Ella Baker’s idea of a “group-centered leader” identifies the goals of a leader or an organizer. This poses the question, then, of what is the purpose of a leader. The goal of becoming a leader, an educator, or an organizer, is not to be the strongest, the most overpowering, or even the most knowledgeable. Įlla Baker stated, “‘Strong people don’t need strong leaders,’” (Baker, quoted by Payne, 1989, p. Education- Social aspects- Brazil.Ella Baker. Adult education- Social aspects- United States. Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) Education- Philosophy. Subject headings Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997. "It's necessary to laugh with the people" "Peaks and valleys and hills and hollers" "The people begin to get their history into their hands, and then the role of education changes" "Conflicts are the midwife of consciousness " "The more the people become themselves, the better the democracy"
"My expertise is in knowing not to be an expert" "The difference between education and organizing" "I've always been ambivalent about charismatic leaders" "Pockets of hope": literacy and citizenship "I was always getting in trouble for reading in school" Introduction: "We make the road by walking" Gaventa, John, 1949- Peters, John Marshall, 1941- Notes
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, c1990. We make the road by walking : conversations on education and social change / Myles Horton and Paulo Freire edited by Brenda Bell, John Gaventa, and John Peters. Request This Author Horton, Myles, 1905-1990.
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