"First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in English in 1970. The methodology of the late Paulo Freire has helped to empower countless impoverished and illiterate people throughout the world. Freire's work has taken on especial urgency in the United States and Western Europe, where the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and minorities in cities and urban cente ..."
"Reflections on My Life and Work Paulo Freire, Donaldo Pereira Macedo.
Foreword. FOR ME, WRITING H\S BECOME A DEEP PLEASURE just as it has
also become a duty that I cannot reject, for it is a political project that must be met.
The joy of writing fills all my time. It fills my time when I write, when I read and
reread what I have written, when I receive the first galleys to be corrected, and
when I receive the first still-warm copy ..."
"'Freire combines a compassion for the wretched of the earth with an intellectual and practical confidence and personal humility...Most of all he has a vision of man.' Times Higher Educational Supplement Paulo Freire (1921-97) was an educationalist based in Brazil and became the most influential writer and thinker on education in the late twentieth century. His seminal work Pedagogy of the Oppressed has sold almost 1 million copies. Educ ..."
"This book represents some of the last writings by Paulo Freire, who has been acclaimed one of the most important educators of the twentieth century. Pedagogy of the Heart is filled with Freire's reminiscences of his early life and meditations "under my mango tree." These meditations include discussions of solitude and community, the limit of the Right, neoliberals and progressives, lessons from exile, the Lefts and the Right, dialogism, ..."
"First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in English in 1970. Paulo Freire's work has helped to empower countless people throughout the world and has taken on special urgency in the United States and Western Europe, where the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and minorities in cities and urban centers is ongoing.This 50th anniversary edition includes an upda ..."
Education for Critical Consciousness(Reprint) (Bloomsbury Revelations) by PauloFreire Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 2013 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-78093-781-6, ISBN: 1-78093-781-4
"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 ..."
""Contributes to a radical formulation of pedagogy through its revitalization of language, utopianism, and revolutionary message. . . . The book enlarges our vision with each reading, until the meanings become our own." Harvard Educational Review "Constitutes the voice of a great teacher who has managed to replace the melancholic and despairing discourse of the post-modern Left with possibility and human compassion." Educational Theory " ..."
Pedagogy of Hope Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed by PauloFreire 256 Pages, Published 2021 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-350-19021-4, ISBN: 1-350-19021-7
"This edition includes a substantial new introduction by Henry A. Giroux, University Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest and the Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy at McMaster University, Canada."
Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Penguin Modern Classics) by PauloFreire Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2017 by Penguin Classics ISBN-13: 978-0-241-30111-1, ISBN: 0-241-30111-4
"'The foremost work on the key democratic task: helping people to identify and challenge the sources of their oppression ... a transformative text' George Monbiot, GuardianArguing that 'education is freedom', Paulo Freire's radical international classic contends that traditional teaching styles keep the poor powerless by treating them as passive, silent recipients of knowledge. Grounded in Freire's own experience teaching impoveri ..."
"Challenging us to recognize our "unfinished" selves, Freire's uplifting message urges citizens, students, parents, and teachers to discover new horizons of hope and possibility for a better world. Connecting the personal with the political, Freire's voice is as profound as it is inspiring, guiding us through the everyday acts of observation and critical thinking that link personal creativity with the prospects of a just and more humane ..."
"In Teachers as Cultural Workers, Freire speaks directly to teachers about the lessons learned from a lifetime of experience as an educator and social theorist. Freireâs words challenge all who teach to reflect critically on the meaning of the act of teaching as well as the meaning of learning. He shows why a teacherâs success depends on a permanent commitment to learning and training, as part of an ongoing appraisal of classroom pra ..."
"With "Pedagogy of the Oppressed," Paulo Freire established his place in the universal history of education. "Pedagogy of Hope" represents a chronicle and synthesis of the ongoing social struggles of Latin America and the Third World since the landmark publication of "Pedagogy of the Oppressed." Here, Freire once again explores his best-known analytical themes--with even deeper understanding and a greater wisdom. Certainly, all of these ..."
"This text argues that the ignorance and lethargy of the poor are the direct result of the whole economic, social and political domination. The book suggests that in some countries the oppressors use the system to maintain a 'culture of silence'. Through the right kind of education, the book suggests, avoiding authoritarian teacher-pupil models and based on the actual experiences of students and on continual shared investigation, every h ..."
Pedagogy of Hope(Reprint) Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed by PauloFreire, Robert R. Barr Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1995 by Continuum International Publishing Group ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-0843-3, ISBN: 0-8264-0843-5
"With Pedagogy of Hope, Freire explores his best-known analytical themes - with even deeper understanding and a greater wisdom. Certainly, all of these themes have to be analyzed as elements of a body of critical, liberationist pedagogy. In the present book, we come to understand the author's pedagogical thinking even better, through the critical seriousness, humanistic objectivity, and engaged subjectivity which, in all of Freire's book ..."
"This dialogue between two of the most prominent thinkers on social change in the twentieth century was certainly a meeting of giants. Throughout their highly personal conversations recorded here, Horton and Freire discuss the nature of social change and empowerment and their individual literacy campaigns. The ideas of these men developed through two very different channels: Horton's, from the Highlander Center, a small, independent resi ..."
"At a time when popularizers of cultural literacy are prescribing a cultural canon for the purpose of prying open the `closed minds' of American youth . . . Literacy provides an articulate and courageous response. Harvard Educational Review Every chapter . . . asks teachers to thing again about how they teach, what they want for their pupils, and how to get on with it. Times Educa ..."
"At a time when popularizers of cultural literacy are prescribing a cultural canon for the purpose of prying open the `closed minds' of American youth . . . Literacy provides an articulate and courageous response. Harvard Educational Review Every chapter . . . asks teachers to thing again about how they teach, what they want for their pupils, and how to get on with it. Times Educa ..."