Paulo Freire

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born

September 19, 1921 in Recife, Brazil

died

May 02, 1997

gender

male

website

http://www.paulofreireinstitute.org/

genre

Philosophy

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The Brazilian educator Paulo Freire is among most the influential educational thinkers of the late 20th century. Born in Recife, Brazil, on September 19, 1921, Freire died of heart failure in Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 2, 1997. After a brief career as a lawyer, he taught Portuguese in secondary schools from 1941-1947. He subsequently became active in adult education and workers' training, and became the first Director of the Department of Cultural Extension of the University of Recife (1961-1964).

Freire quickly gained international recognition for his experiences in literacy training in Northeastern Brazil. Following the military coup d'etat of 1964, he was jailed by the new government and eventually forced into a political exile that lasted...more

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Average rating: 4.25 · 5,564 ratings · 533 reviews · 49 distinct works

	Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire, Donaldo P. Macedo (introduction) 4.25 avg rating — 4,318 ratings — published 1967 — 23 editions	My rating:
	We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change by Paulo Freire, Myles Horton 4.38 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage by Paulo Freire, Patrick Clarke (Translator), Donaldo P. Macedo (Foreword by) 4.31 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Pedagogy of Hope: Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed 4.27 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Education for Critical Consciousness 4.37 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Teachers as Cultural Workers by Paulo Freire, Dale Koike (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Literacy: Reading the Word and the World by Paulo Freire, Donaldo P. Macedo 4.31 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Politics of Education: Culture, Power and Liberation by Paulo Freire, Donaldo P. Macedo (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1984 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Pedagogy of Indignation 4.52 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Pedagogy Of The City 4.26 avg rating — 31 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:

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“Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

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“Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. ”
― Paulo Freire

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“[T]he more radical the person is, the more fully he or she enters into reality so that, knowing it better, he or she can transform it. This individual is not afraid to confront, to listen, to see the world unveiled. This person is not afraid to meet the people or to enter into a dialogue with them. This person does not consider himself or herself the proprietor of history or of all people, or the liberator of the oppressed; but he or she does commit himself or herself, within history, to fight at their side.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

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