Paulo Freire: Teaching for Freedom and Transformation

The Philosophical Influences on the Work of Paulo Freire
2011. Corr. 3rd Printing 2011 Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-90-481-9099-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 437 g

Reihe: Explorations of Educational Purpose

The primary mission of this text is clarifying many of the misconceptions about Paulo Freire’s theories, concepts and his implications for education. It revisits his ideas and explains more fully the philosophical influences that shaped concepts such as problem posing, conscientization and praxis.
The fundamental thesis, then, is that the present absence of in-depth philosophical analysis leaves an unacceptable void in the literature addressing Freire’s work, while also promoting frequent misconceptions and superficial understandings about his relationship to contemporary education. Indeed, the philosophical assumptions contributing to Freire’s critical pedagogy require identification, unravelling and ultimately evaluation on the basis of their epistemic and moral tenability. Most existing applications of Freire’s pedagogy are unfortunately superficial because they simply sloganize terms such as banking education, conscientization, praxis, and humanization. A slogan in education popularizes a concept or idea in a positive way, but offers very little in terms of critical reflection or analysis. In order to understand these terms and their origin and apply them as Freire intended, a far richer and more in depth examination of Freire is desperately needed. This text will provide precisely that type of examination.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dale, John

Hyslop-Margison, Emery J

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication.- Table of Contents.- Acknowledgments.- Preface.- Chapter One: Our Journey to Freire.- Chapter Two: Metaphors, Politics and Biography.- Chapter Three: Pedagogy of Humanism.- Chapter Four: Marxism, Existentialism and Freire.- Chapter Five: Freire’s Critical Pedagogy: Summary and Conclusions.- References.- Index.