Translation of: Professora sim, tia não.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pedagogical trap -- Reading the world/reading the word -- Don't let the fear of what is difficult paralyze you -- I came into the teacher training program because I had no other options -- On the indispensable qualities of progressive teachers for their better performance -- First day of school -- On the relationship between the educator and the learners -- From talking to learners to talking to them and with them -- Cultural identity and education -- Concrete context/theoretical context -- Once more the question of discipline -- To know and to grow - everything yet to see.