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
- 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
- oppressors
- oppressed
strive liberation pedagogy-of-the-oppressed
The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors.
educational philosophy self
No matter how much someone may irritate me, I have no right to puff myself up with my own self-importance so as to declare that person to be absolutely incompetent, assuming a posture of disdain from my own position of false superiority.
needs relation
Every society needs to examine itself in relation to other societies.
fighting reality knowing
[T]he more radical the person is, the more fully he or she enters into reality so that, knowing it better, he or she can transform it. This individual is not afraid to confront, to listen, to see the world unveiled. This person is not afraid to meet the people or to enter into a dialogue with them. This person does not consider himself or herself the proprietor of history or of all people, or the liberator of the oppressed; but he or she does commit himself or herself, within history, to fight at their side.
learning reflection understanding
Learning is a process where knowledge is presented to us, then shaped through understanding, discussion and reflection.
revolution social entity
Revolution is born as a social entity within the oppressor society.
profound people world
Dialogue cannot exist, however, in the absence of a profound love for the world and its people.
educational men practice
Indeed, some "revolutionaries" brand as "innocents," "dreamers," or even "reactionaries"; those who would challenge this educational practice. But one does not liberate people by alienating them. Authentic liberation - the process of humanization - is not another deposit to be made in men.
struggle order humanity
In order for this struggle to have meaning, the oppressed must not, in seeking to regain their humanity (which is a way to create it), become in turn oppressors of the oppressors, but rather restorers of the humanity of both
models oppressors oppressed
The oppressed find in the oppressors their model of 'manhood.'
language
language is never neutral
objectivity subjectivity
One cannot conceive of objectivity without subjectivity.
educational views people
One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding.
winning people roles
The revolutionary's role is to liberate, and to be liberated, with the people--not to win them over.