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Paulo Freire. (1921-1997). Ideas of Paulo Freire. Brazilian Educationalist most notably recognized for his thoughts on progressive practice in education Importance on Dialogue – Popular and Informal Education Involving respect, working WITH one another, not acting ON one another
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Paulo Freire (1921-1997)
Ideas of Paulo Freire • Brazilian Educationalist most notably recognized for his thoughts on progressive practice in education • Importance on Dialogue – Popular and Informal Education • Involving respect, working WITH one another, not acting ON one another • Make a difference in the world via dialogue to enhance the community and society – Informed Action
Ideas Continued • Giving a voice to the Oppressed – power to transform reality • Insisted on learning through a lived experience • Generating new ways to look at the world • Many Christian references
Critiques • Literay as not just reading the word but reading the world • And not just reading the world but writing the world • Literacy is a generic term for constructing or maybe discovering meaning
Pedagogy of the Oppressed • Influenced by ideals of Karl Marx • “Oppressor” vs. “Oppressed” • Freedom is a result of informed action • Traditional pedagogy is a “Banking System”, but learners should be treated as co-creators of knowledge • Banking System results in dehumanization
Work Cited • http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-freir.htm • http://www.pedagogyoftheoppressed.com/about/