TESTIMONIS PEDAGÒGICS / PEDAGOGICAL TESTIMONIES
Xavier Besalú
Abstract
The article reviews the life and professional career of the teacher for adults Sebas Parra Nuño, who died in December 2022. From 1976 to 2006 he worked and directed the Adult School of Salt (Gironès region), a symbol of the school model social and community at the service of adults who wanted to become literate or improve their academic skills. From there, he promoted and advised the creation of the Samba Kubally African School for Adults, in Santa Coloma de Farners (La Selva region), and dedicated his efforts to solidarity cooperation, especially with regard to the different literacy campaigns, with the people from Nicaragua. He was one of the founders of the Paulo Freire Institute of Spain, based in Xàtiva (Valen-cia), and is the author of a significant number of books and articles.
Keywords: Illiteracy, adult education, development cooperation, Sandinista revolution, social education, Paulo Freire.
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