Paulo Freire and informal education - 0 views
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emphasis on dialogue
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should not involve one person acting on another, but rather people working with each other. Too much education, Paulo Freire argues, involves 'banking' - the educator making 'deposits' in the educatee.
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enhancing community and building social capital and to leading us to act in ways that make for justice and human flourishing.
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great significance to those educators who have traditionally worked with those who do not have a voice, and who are oppressed.
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developing consciousness, but consciousness that is understood to have the power to transform reality'
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Description of Paulo Freire and his work. He was an influential educator and sought to use education as a means of helping individuals develop a critical consciousness about their life situations. His work was geared towards groups who were oppressed and lacked opportunities.His most famous work was a book titled "Pedagogy of the Oppressed."