Nonetheless, it’s now very obvious why students who would attend a school based in Freirean Critical Pedagogy would be far less likely to achieve academic mastery of any subject. Despite claims that his approach is a vehicle to subject mastery, it’s simply not the point. Neither is it the point in derivative modes of education that follow from the Freirean method, like Culturally Relevant Teaching and Social-Emotional Learning, whatever lip-service they pay to academic achievement. It’s also obvious why products of these programs would be far more likely to become know-nothing activists who
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