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Paulo Freire

Paulo Freire. Ashley and Amanda. Biography. Born September 19,1921 in Brazil. Lived in an impoverished community in Recife, Brazil Attended Recife University Taught Portuguese in secondary schools (1941-1947) Became active in adult Ed. and workers training

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Paulo Freire

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  1. Paulo Freire Ashley and Amanda

  2. Biography • Born September 19,1921 in Brazil. Lived in an impoverished community in Recife, Brazil • Attended Recife University • Taught Portuguese in secondary schools (1941-1947) • Became active in adult Ed. and workers training • Became the first director of the Department of Cultural Extension of Recife University (1961-1964) • 1964 jailed by new Gov. for his educational work with rural poor. Forced into political exile • 1969 taught at Harvard University. Traveled internationally until he was invited back to Brazil in 1980. • Died May 2, 1997

  3. Background Information • In 1962, the mayor of Recife appointed Freire as head of the adult literacy program. He taught 300 adults to read and write in 45 days. As a result of his success, the president of Brazil selected him to lead the National Literacy Program. • Teaching literacy meant that more people could vote (illiterates could not vote in Brazil). • After a government overthrow in 1964, Freire was jailed for 70 days and then exiled to Chile.

  4. Works by Freire • Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the oppressed. [New York]: Herder and Herder, 1970. • Freire, Paulo. Cultural action for freedom The Harvard educational review. Monograph series, no. 1. [Cambridge]: Harvard educational review, 1970. • Freire, Paulo. Cultural action for freedom Penguin education. Harmondsworth,: Penguin, 1972. • Freire, Paulo. Education for critical consciousness. [1st American ] ed. A Continuum book. New York,: Seabury Press, 1973. • Freire, Paulo. Education, the practice of freedom. London: Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative, 1976. • Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy in process : the letters to Guinea-Bissau A Continuum book. New York: Seabury Press, 1978. • Freire, Paulo. A day with Paulo Freire . Delhi: I.S.P.C.K., 1980. • Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy in process : the letters to Guinea-Bissau. New York: Continuum, 1983. • Freire, Paulo. The politics of education : culture, power, and liberation. South Hadley, Mass.: Bergin & Garvey, 1985. • Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the oppressed. New York: Continuum, 1986. • Freire, Paulo, and Donaldo P. Macedo. Literacy : reading the word & the world Critical studies in education series. South Hadley, Mass.: Bergin & Garvey Publishers, 1987 • Freire, Paulo, and Antonio Faundez. Learning to question : a pedagogy of liberation. New York: Continuum, 1989. • Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the city. New York: Continuum, 1993. • Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the oppressed. New rev. 20th-Anniversary ed. New York: Continuum, 1993.

  5. Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1970) • Examines the struggle for equality in the educational system • Dedicated to the oppressed • System of education that emphasizes learning as act of culture and freedom • Banking education- the idea that children are like empty bank accounts and should remain open to knowledge from teachers • Conscientization-shaping the person and society

  6. Paulo Freire’s Educational theories • Theory of value • Theory of knowledge • Theory of human nature • Theory of learning • Theory of transmission • Theory of society • Theory of opportunity • Theory of consensus

  7. Transformation of Education • “The transformation of education cannot take place before the transformation of society, but this transformation of society needs education.” • Global figure as far as Africa and Asia. • Participated in teacher’s movements in Brazil in 1980.

  8. “Understanding the student’s being and experiences opens up the possibility for the teacher to initiate dialogues” • Freire believed that a student’s schema or experiences should be used in the classroom.

  9. http://freire.mcgill.ca/ • Video about Critical Pedagogy

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