Paulo Freire (Leaving Cert Politics and Society): Flashcards

Brazilian educator, born in Recife

Critical awareness of one's circumstances

Education where students & teachers are co-investigators

Students as empty containers filled with knowledge deposits

Students discouraged from questioning what they learn

Collaborative investigation of reality, encourages questioning

Knowledge & culture constantly evolve; reality is dynamic

Dialogue-based learning where everyone is teacher & student

Visual representations depicting familiar situations

Moving from passive acceptance to active transformation

Action combined with serious reflection

Never neutral - serves domination or liberation

...with, not for, the oppressed

Literacy (word) & social/political analysis (world)

Means siding with powerful, not being neutral