Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 30th Anniversary Edition

192 pages

English language

Published Sept. 1, 2000

ISBN:: 9780826412768
Goodreads:: 72657

(1 review)

Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Portuguese: Pedagogia do Oprimido) is a book written by Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, first written in Portuguese in 1968. It was first published in English in 1970, in a translation by Myra Ramos. The book is considered one of the foundational texts of critical pedagogy, and proposes a pedagogy with a new relationship between teacher, student, and society. Dedicated to the oppressed and based on his own experience helping Brazilian adults to read and write, Freire includes a detailed Marxist class analysis in his exploration of the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized. In the book, Freire calls traditional pedagogy the "banking model of education" because it treats the student as an empty vessel to be filled with knowledge, like a piggy bank. He argues that pedagogy should instead treat the learner as a co-creator of knowledge.As of 2000, the book had sold over 750,000 …

Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Portuguese: Pedagogia do Oprimido) is a book written by Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, first written in Portuguese in 1968. It was first published in English in 1970, in a translation by Myra Ramos. The book is considered one of the foundational texts of critical pedagogy, and proposes a pedagogy with a new relationship between teacher, student, and society. Dedicated to the oppressed and based on his own experience helping Brazilian adults to read and write, Freire includes a detailed Marxist class analysis in his exploration of the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized. In the book, Freire calls traditional pedagogy the "banking model of education" because it treats the student as an empty vessel to be filled with knowledge, like a piggy bank. He argues that pedagogy should instead treat the learner as a co-creator of knowledge.As of 2000, the book had sold over 750,000 copies worldwide. It is the third most cited book in the social sciences.

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Path to liberation

5 stars

So much on my mind after reading this wonderful book. I am currently going through many great changed in my life. I'm a month sober, I'm working out again. I completely lost myself. However, I'm slowly finding myself again. I always knew I was (or am) a being. I was trapped in oppression (still am) but now I know a lot more than before. I vow to stay a humanist and not become an oppressor. I vow to become a revolutionary leader, not a reactionary one. I cannot impose my ideas on people for my own purposes, they (the people) must think for themselves. But I can certainly help by learning with them and showing love. Thank you, Paulo Freire. I hope your spirit can hear my gratitude. You have changed my life.

The book is separated in four chapters that all cover really great topics. I don't really read …

So much on my mind after reading this wonderful book. I am currently going through many great changed in my life. I'm a month sober, I'm working out again. I completely lost myself. However, I'm slowly finding myself again. I always knew I was (or am) a being. I was trapped in oppression (still am) but now I know a lot more than before. I vow to stay a humanist and not become an oppressor. I vow to become a revolutionary leader, not a reactionary one. I cannot impose my ideas on people for my own purposes, they (the people) must think for themselves. But I can certainly help by learning with them and showing love. Thank you, Paulo Freire. I hope your spirit can hear my gratitude. You have changed my life.

The book is separated in four chapters that all cover really great topics. I don't really read this type of literature and it took me less than a month to read and understand it! A lot of the information provided is stuff I have always felt inside so it made it easier to understand most of it. There's really good bibliography and now I will read other books that were mentioned. I recommend this to anyone who is on a path of liberation.