Pedagogy of Freedom

by Freire, Paulo; Clarke, Patrick; Aronowitz, Stanley

• ISBN13: 9780847690466
• ISBN10: 0847690466
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

Freire shows why an acceptance of fatalism leads to the loss of personal and societal freedom and how individuals without optimism have lost their place in history, and their own lives.

Author Biography

The late Paulo Freire of Brazil--teacher, philosopher, and activist--is widely regarded in the United States and elsewhere as one of the most influential educators of the twentieth century

Table of Contents

Translator's Notes	ix	(2)
Patrick Clarke
Foreword	xi
Donaldo Macedo
Introduction	1	(20)
Stanley Aronowitz
Chapter 1 Introductory Reflections	21	(8)
Chapter 2 There Is No Teaching without Learning	29	(20)
Methodological Rigor	33	(2)
Research	35	(1)
Respect for What Students Know	36	(1)
A Capacity to Be Critical	37	(1)
Ethics and Aesthetics	38	(1)
Words Incarnated in Example	39	(2)
Risk, Acceptance of What Is New, and Rejection of Discrimination	41	(2)
Critical Reflection on Practice	43	(2)
Cultural Identity	45	(4)
Chapter 3 Teaching Is Not Just Transferring Knowledge	49	(36)
Awareness of Our Unfinishedness	51	(3)
Recognition of One's Conditioning	54	(5)
Respect for the Autonomy of the Student	59	(1)
Common Sense	60	(4)
Humility, Tolerance, and the Struggle for the Rights of Educators	64	(2)
Capacity to Apprehend Reality	66	(3)
Joy and Hope	69	(3)
Conviction That Change Is Possible	72	(7)
Teaching Requires Curiosity	79	(6)
Chapter 4 Teaching Is a Human Act	85	(46)
Self-Confidence, Professional Competence, and Generosity	85	(4)
Commitment	89	(1)
Education as a Form of Intervention in the World	90	(5)
Freedom and Authority	95	(4)
Decision Making That Is Aware and Conscientious	99	(2)
Knowing How to Listen	101	(11)
Education Is Ideological	112	(8)
Openness to Dialogue	120	(4)
Caring for the Students	124	(7)
Notes	131	(4)
Index	135	(9)
About the Author	144