Brazilian educator and philosopher whose literacy work with peasants in Brazil and, after imprisonment and exile following the 1964 coup, in Chile and elsewhere, produced Pedagogy of the Oppressed, one of the foundational texts of critical pedagogy and liberationist education.
Facts
Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionFounded critical pedagogy, arguing education should be a dialogic practice of conscientization that frees the oppressed from a banking model of instruction, developed through adult literacy campaigns. 1 Notable WorkPedagogy of the Oppressed (1968) 1 Connections
Associated With
Source Dialogic learning (Wikipedia)
In Approach
Source Paulo Freire (Wikipedia)
Policies Informed
Source Anti-oppressive education (Wikipedia)
hooks builds engaged pedagogy on Freire
Source Feminist pedagogy - Wikipedia
Source Henry Giroux (Wikipedia)
Jack Mezirow, Thinkers Mezirow credited Freire's conscientization as an influence on transformative learning theory.
Theories and Approaches Developed
Source Wikipedia: Banking Model of Education
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Source Wikipedia: Problem-posing education
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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationTheories and Approaches Developed: Critical Pedagogy, Critical pedagogy, Definition
Critical pedagogy was founded by the Brazilian philosopher and educator Paulo Freire, who promoted it through his 1968 book, Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
Theories and Approaches Developed: Critical Pedagogy, Pedagogy of the Oppressed article, Freire attribution
a book by Brazilian Marxist educator Paulo Freire, written in Portuguese between 1967 and 1968
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In Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed (first published in Portuguese in 1968, then in English in 1970), he stated that education is suffering from "narration sickness"
Dialogic learning (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Dialogic Learning, Freire: the theory of dialogic action sectionQuote, Associated With: Dialogic Learning, Freire: the theory of dialogic action section
Paulo Freire (1970) states that human nature is dialogic, and believes that communication has a leading role in our life.
Feminist pedagogy - Wikipedia
Policies Informed: Feminist Pedagogy, Feminist pedagogy page, influential figures sectionQuote, Policies Informed: Feminist Pedagogy, Feminist pedagogy page, influential figures section
Theorist Paulo Freire is known for his work in the field of critical pedagogy, of which feminist pedagogy is a particular manifestation
Henry Giroux (Wikipedia)
Policies Informed: Henry Giroux, Lead, notable influencesQuote, Policies Informed: Henry Giroux, Lead, notable influences
Notable Influences: Paulo Freire, Antonio Gramsci, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu
Wikipedia: Banking Model of Education
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Banking model of education (Portuguese: modelo bancário de educação) is a term coined by Paulo Freire to describe and critique the established education system in his book Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
Wikipedia: Problem-posing education
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Problem-posing education, coined by the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire in his 1970 book Pedagogy of the Oppressed, is a method of teaching that emphasizes critical thinking for the purpose of liberation.
Paulo Freire (Wikipedia)
In Approach: Liberationism, Lead sectionQuote, In Approach: Liberationism, Lead section
He is best known for Pedagogy of the Oppressed, in which he reimagines teaching as a political act of liberation rather than critical cultural transmission of values.
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