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Teaching Gender through Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Texts and Cultures pp 43–56Cite as

Cada Maestrillo Tiene Su Librillo

Personal Reflections on Teaching Gender through Medieval Iberian Texts

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The popular Spanish saying “Every teacher has his own textbook,” is a recognition that each person has her own way of thinking and acting, every “teacher” has her own way of rationalizing, of seeing, doing, and explaining things. This could not be more true for educators today.

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Silleras-Fernández, N. (2015). Cada Maestrillo Tiene Su Librillo. In: Gómez, L., Horno-Delgado, A., Long, M.K., Silleras-Fernández, N. (eds) Teaching Gender through Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Texts and Cultures. Teaching Gender. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-091-8_3

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