Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire
Paulo Reglus Neves Freirewas a Brazilian educator and philosopher who was a leading advocate of critical pedagogy. He is best known for his influential work, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, considered one of the foundational texts of the critical pedagogy movement...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth19 September 1921
CountryBrazil
Paulo Freire quotes about
- oppressed
- oppressors
- invasion
- succeed
- essentials
- cognition
- information
- pedagogy-of-the-oppressed
- learn
- learning
- teach
- teaching
- corners
- objectivity
- subjectivity
- humans
- reflection
- understanding
- originality
- conformity
- multitudes
- guidelines
- adopted
- strive
- liberation
- components
- precisely
- acts-of-courage
- acts-of-love
- models
independent reflection reality
Education as the practice of freedom--as opposed to education as the practice of domination--denies that man is abstract, isolated, independent and unattached to the world; it also denies that the world exists as reality apart from people. Authentic reflection considers neither abstract man nor the world without people, but people in their relations with the world. In these relations consciousness and world are simultaneous: consciousness neither precedes the world nor follows it.
corners
The future isn't something hidden in a corner.The future is something we build in the present.
acts-of-courage acts-of-love
Education is an act of love, and thus an act of courage
capacity advantage conditioning
This capacity to go beyond the factors of conditioning is one of the obvious advantages of the human person.
would-be contradiction term
It would be a contradiction in terms if the oppressors not only defended but actually implemented a liberating education.
would-be violence oppression
With the establishment of a relationship of oppression, violence has already begun. Never in history has violence been initiated by the oppressed. How could they be the initiators, if they themselves are the result of violence? How could they be the sponsors of something objective whose objective inauguration called forth their existence as oppressed? There would be no oppressed had there been no prior of violence to establish their subjugation.
guidelines pedagogy-of-the-oppressed adopted
The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.
suffering sickness pedagogy-of-the-oppressed
Education is suffering from narration sickness.
invasion succeed essentials
For cultural invasion to succeed, it is essential that those invaded become convinced of their intrinsic inferiority.
educational philosophy communication
Only through communication can human life hold meaning.
educational philosophy reality
No reality transforms itself.
educational philosophy love-is
Love is an act of courage.
educational class would-be
It would be extremely naive to expect the dominant classes to develop a type of education that would enable subordinate classes to perceive social injustices critically.
discipline tolerance society
No one can learn tolerance in a climate of irresponsibility, which does not produce democracy. The act of tolerating requires a climate in which limits may be established, in which there are principles to be respected. That is why tolerance is not coexistence with the intolerable. Under an authoritarian regime, in which authority is abused, or a permissive one, in which freedom is not limited, one can hardly learn tolerance. Tolerance requires respect, discipline, and ethics.