Abstract
This note deals with an experience in teaching one course in Principles of Economics at South Central Community College in New Haven, Connecticut. An attempt to radicalize the pedagogy and the content, utilizing Friere's techiques, was resisted by the students, all working class people. The conclusions drawn are: (1) working class stu dents face a contradiction that is not part of the experience of bourgeois students — altering approaches and conditions (even in courses) carry real risks; and (2) praxis and pedagogy must be differentiated along class lines of both the students and instructor.
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