Paulo Freire

This book displays the striking creativity and profound insight that characterized Freire's work to the very end of his life, an uplifting and provocative exploration not only for educators, but also for all that learn and live.

¿Se pueden trasladar al aula las técnicas pedagógicas aprendidas en los libros? ¿Qué pasa cuando la teoría que un maestro estudió choca con la realidad de sus alumnos? ¿Cómo evitar el enojo y la frustración de un docente que probó todas las recetas y siente que fracasó? En este libro, Paulo Freire parte de estas preguntas para repensar la función de los métodos de alfabetización y, más general, del conocimiento especializado, que suele...

O tema da conscientização, em Paulo Freire, está associado ao tema da liberdade e da libertação, categorias centrais de sua concepção antropológica, desde suas primeiras obras. Sua concepção de educação fundamenta-se numa antropologia. A finalidade da educação é a de libertar-se da realidade opressiva e da injustiça.

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 updated introduction...

Essays by some of the world's leading educators provide a revolutionary portrait of new ideas and developments in education that can influence the possibility of social and political change. The authors take into account such diverse terrain as feminism, ecology, media, and individual liberty in their pursuit of new ideas that can inform the fundamental practice of education and promote a more humane civil society. The book consolidates recent thinking...