Paulo Freire
Paulo Reglus Neves Freire was a Brazilian educator and Marxist philosopher whose work revolutionized global thought on education. He is best known for Pedagogy of the Oppressed, in which he reimagines teaching as a collaborative act of liberation rather than transmission. A founder of critical pedagogy, Freire’s influence spans literacy movements, liberation theology, postcolonial education, Marxism, and contemporary theories of social justice and learning.
Background
- Born in
- Recife
- Educated at
- Faculdade de Direito do Recife
- Awards
- 🏆 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education🏆 Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)🏆 honorary doctorate🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Brasília
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Trending topics shown first"People will be truly critical if they live in the plenitude of the praxis, that is, if their action encompasses a critical reflection which increasingly organizes their thinking and thus leads them to…"
"Thematic investigation thus becomes a common striving towards awareness of reality and towards self-awareness, which makes this investigation a starting point for the educational process or for cultur…"
"In sum: banking theory and practice, as immobilizing and fixating forces, fail to acknowledge men and women as historical beings; problem-posing theory and practice take the people's historicity as th…"
"The former oppressors do not feel liberated. On the contrary, they genuinely consider themselves to be oppressed."
"Almost never do they realize that they, too, 'know things' they have learned in their relations with the world."
"Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of men and women upon their world in order to transform it."
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1921
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