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Sep 19, 1921 — May 2, 1997· 75 yrs

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Paulo Freire

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Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (19 September 1921 – 2 May 1997) 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. He is widely regarded as one of the most important educational theorists of the twentieth century, alongside figures such as John Dewey and Maria Montessori.

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For a while a purpose had been disquieting me: to write a few pedagogical letters, in light style, whose reading might interest both young fathers and young mothers and, perhaps, teenaged sons and daughters, or teachers who, called to reflection by the challenges of their teaching practice, would find in the letters elements capable of helping them develop their own answers.

— from Daring to Dream

Most acclaimed

#1

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

1996

4.5 (2)

"First published in Portuguese in 1968, [this book] was translated and published in English in 1970. Paulo Freire's work has helped to empower countless people throughout the world and continues to possess a special urgency as the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and minorities in urban centers around the world continues. The 50th anniversary edition includes a new introduction by Donaldo Macedo, an afterword by Ira Shor, and interviews with Marina Aparicio Barber�an, Noam Chomsky, Gustavo E. Fischman, Ram�on Flecha, Ronald David Glass, Valerie Kinloch, peter Mayo, Peter McLaren, and Margo Okazawa-Rey to inspire a new generation of educators, students, and general readers for years to come."--Page of cover.

#2

Education For Critical Consciousness (Continuum Impacts)

2005

4.0 (1)

"Famous for his advocacy of 'critical pedagogy', Paulo Freire was Latin America's foremost educationalist, a thinker and writer whose work and ideas continue to exert enormous influence in education throughout the world today. Education for Critical Consciousness is the main statement of Freire's revolutionary method of education. It takes the life situation of the learner as its starting point and the raising of consciousness and the overcoming of obstacles as its goals. For Freire, man's striving for his own humanity requires the changing of structures which dehumanize both the oppressor and the oppressed"--

#3

Daring to Dream

3.8 (8)

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