7: An Expert on My Field
Hello everybody!
Paulo Freire
He was born on
1921 in Recife, Brazil. In 1947, he was director of department of Education and
Culture of Social Service of the Industry. He studied linguistics, while in
1959 he obtained his doctorate in Philosophy and History of the education where
he addressed the educational topics of Brazil of the time. Thereafter, he established
that all education process must start from the reality that is surrounding each
person.
As a result of Brazilian
military coup of 1964, he had abandon his activity, considered as a revolutionary, and seek refuge in Chile, where
he participated in various plans of the democratic government of Eduardo Frei,
for example the adult education program of the Chilean Institute for Agrarian
Reform (ICIRA). In Chile he wrote his book that has the name ‘Pedagogia do
Oprimido’, whose content displeasure the government of Santiago, since he
exhibited a long way of the oppressed individuals, to achieve the release, what
forced them to think, consider and the right to BE.
Paulo Freire
allowed me to change many misconceptions of what pedagogy is, I remember that
the first book I read about him was ‘Professora sim, tia não: cartas a quem
ousa ensinar’ I was struck by your appreciation of the educational role, transforming
reality and giving a pass to the liberation of people through constructive
criticism, thus being an agent of change for education.
Hi Vale, I also wrote about Paulo Freire, I'm glad we have that in common. What is your favorite book?
ResponderBorrarRegards
Hi Valentina, I liked that you have written about Paulo Freire because I think that his work of dialogical relation is very important for every our disciplines, even I think that was taken by Habermas for this famous theory of communicative action and he didn't recognize.
ResponderBorrarRegards!
Hi Vale!
ResponderBorrarI like Paulo Freire, i think that he is a great writer and social thinker. I think he contribute very well to social criticism in all areas but
above all to us as educators.
And I think that this is the weakest thing in people today.
Regards!