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
cognition information pedagogy-of-the-oppressed
Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferrals of information
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It is only the oppressed who, by freeing themselves, can free their oppressors.
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Those who teach learn by teaching and those who learn teach by learning