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
educational learning creativity
Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.
humans
No one can be authentically human while he prevents others from being so.
cognition information pedagogy-of-the-oppressed
Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferrals of information
oppressed oppressors
It is only the oppressed who, by freeing themselves, can free their oppressors.
discipline doubt doe
Coherently democratic authority carries the conviction that true discipline does not exist in the muteness of those who have been silenced but in the stirrings of those who have been challenged, in the doubt of those who have been prodded, and in the hopes of those who have been awakened.
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.
learning reflection understanding
Learning is a process where knowledge is presented to us, then shaped through understanding, discussion and reflection.
models oppressors oppressed
The oppressed find in the oppressors their model of 'manhood.'
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.
originality conformity multitudes
The multitude is always in the wrong.
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