Paulo Freire
1921 – 1997 Brazilian educator, philosopher
Brazilian educator whose Pedagogy of the Oppressed made literacy a tool of political liberation.
- Religion
- Roman Catholic.
- Affiliations
- Wrote Pedagogy of the Oppressed; led adult literacy campaigns in Brazil.
Paulo Freire developed a method of teaching adult literacy that tied reading to critical awareness of social conditions. He criticized what he called the banking model of education, in which teachers deposit facts into passive students, and argued for dialogue between teacher and learner. His 1968 book Pedagogy of the Oppressed became a foundational text for critical pedagogy worldwide.
Works in the library
Connections
- influenced bell hooks — Built her engaged pedagogy on Freire's critical education.
- influenced bell hooks — hooks built on Freire's critical pedagogy.
- ally of Ivan Illich — Fellow radical critic of conventional schooling.
- ally of Ivan Illich — Shared a radical critique of institutional schooling.
- influenced John Dewey — Dewey's democratic pedagogy informed Freire's thought.
- influenced John Dewey — Drew on Dewey's democratic and dialogic view of education.
In the timeline
- 1921 Paulo Freire born in Recife central figure
- 1964 Freire jailed after Brazil's military coup mentioned
- 1968 Paulo Freire publishes Pedagogy of the Oppressed central figure
- 1997 Paulo Freire dies central figure