Paulo Freire
Brazilian educator and philosopher (1921 to 1997); wrote Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
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- Paulo Freire (1921 to 1997) was a Brazilian educator and philosopher and a founder of critical pedagogy.
- Freire was born in Recife and trained in law, but taught Portuguese and then led adult literacy work among the poor; in 1962 a pilot taught 300 sugarcane workers to read and write in 45 days.
- After the 1964 coup Freire was jailed for 70 days and went into exile, working in Chile, at Harvard and for the World Council of Churches in Geneva.
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed, first published in 1968, treats teaching as a political act of liberation.
- Freire returned to Brazil in 1980 and became São Paulo's municipal Secretary of Education after the Workers' Party won the city in 1988.
Key facts
- Born
- 19 September 1921, Recife, Brazil1
- Died
- 2 May 1997, São Paulo1
- Education
- Law, University of Recife (from 1943); also studied philosophy and the psychology of language1
- Career
- Director, Pernambuco Department of Education and Culture (1946); Department of Cultural Extension, University of Recife (1961); exile in Bolivia and Chile after 1964; visiting professor at Harvard (1969); education adviser, World Council of Churches, Geneva; Secretary of Education, São Paulo1
- Books
- Education as the Practice of Freedom (1967); Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1968)1
- Legacy
- Paulo Freire Institute, founded in São Paulo in 19911
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