Myles Horton: Chapter Analysis

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In this chapter Myles Horton explains all of the characteristics that defined Highlander. One of the ideas that characterized these workshops was that students brought with them issues that affected them and society in general. Many of these students were looking for an answer to these problems, answers that teachers in Highlander could not respond, because it was the principal goal of the school to teach students that they could find these answers by themselves. All these workshops Horton called them “circle of learners”, where all students sat in a circle and the teacher was responsible of creating a “relaxed atmosphere” where the students were free to share their experiences and arrive at a solution.
2. The purpose of Highlander was

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