Paulo Freire was one of the most influential thinkers of the late 20th century. His ideas have been used throughout time and are still used today, such as in this class! Some of his main ideas and facts about him are as described below:
Since Paulo was raised and became familiar with poverty and hunger at a young age, he was always dedicated to helping those who aren’t as fortunate as we are. He was a believer in a term called liberation theology, which emphasizes the Christian mission to bring justice to the poor and oppressed, often through political activism. He did this by starting a few teaching careers in his native country, and then continued to travel all around the world. He was also offered a position to be a professor at Harvard University.
He also believed that the public education system was corrupted, and not useful. So he worked to reform the system so it worked in ways to teach better. A term called “banking education” describes how learners can have pre-selected knowledge deposited in their brains, and it’s the teacher’s job to fill the open space.
Another term I believe says a lot about Freire is “culture of silence”. This is where dominated individuals lose the means by which they critically respond to the culture that is forced on them by a dominant culture. In other words, it’s the way minorities and people of less power/money respond to being taught by the dominant culture. It is the culture of people that are silenced by the dominant culture. Freire made a point to help out these individuals who were “silenced” and made sure their opinions were voiced and heard by others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Freire
http://www.education.miami.edu/ep/contemporaryed/Paulo_Freire/paulo_freire.html
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