Paulo Freire

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Paulo Freire is indisputably a major thinker in education. Daniel Schugurensky's volume offers the most coherent account of Freire's educational thought. This work is divided into: Freire's Intellectual Biography Critical Exposition of Freire's Work The Reception and Influence Freire's Work Are Freire's Ideas Still Relevant Today? Title Page Copyright Page Contents Series Editor’s Preface Acknowledgments Introduction My encounters with Freire Twenty lessons I learned from Freire This book Chapter 1 Intellectual Biography Introduction: “Scratch a theory, you will find a biography” Early Brazil: From the mango tree to a prison cell Exile: The “pilgrim of the obvious” becomes an international figure Back in Brazil: Politics, public service, and books Biographical addendum: The personal side of Paulo Freire Summary and conclusions Notes Chapter 2 Critical Exposition of Freire’s Work Introduction: “I write about what I do” The 1940s and 1950s: From SESI to doctoral dissertation Early 1960s: The literacy circles, a Copernican revolution in adult education Late 1960s: From Education as a Practice of Freedom to Pedagogy of the Oppressed The 1970s: International work and The Letters to Guinea-Bissau The 1980s and the “talking books” The 1990s: From Pedagogy of the City to ecopedagogy Recapitulating: seven dimensions and three tensions in Freire’s work Summary and conclusions Notes Chapter 3 The Reception and Influence of Freire’s Work Introduction: “The million Paulo Freires” The reception of Freire’s work: preliminary considerations Why did Pedagogy of the Oppressed become an instant best seller? First reactions to Pedagogy of the Oppressed Seven criticisms of Freire’s work Responses to the criticisms Summary and conclusions Notes Chapter 4 The Relevance of Freire Today Introduction: The contemporary legacy of Paulo Freire Has Freire been forgotten in the twenty-first century? Freire and other thinkers: the usefulness of comparative analyses “Be the change you want to see in the world”: Freire as an inspirational figure Reinventing Freire for the twenty-first century The triangle of transformation: education, politics, and humanization Concluding remarks Notes References Index