Paulo Freire, Globalization and Emancipatory Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-145
Author(s):  
Manojan K. P.

As theory and praxis of emancipatory education, critical pedagogy has been profoundly influenced by the ideas of Antonio Gramsci on ‘ideology’, ‘hegemony’, ‘intellectuals’ and ‘human consciousness’. The works of Paulo Freire and his critical pedagogy are found analogous in many ways to Gramsci’s Marxism specifically in terms of the importance given to cultural action of subalterns. The imperative in critical pedagogy is to construct counter-hegemonic positions against the imperatives of the dominant class agenda of limiting subalterns from entering into the making of history. As a praxis it aims at unravelling the potentialities within subalterns through their wisdom, practical knowledge and everyday common sense and thereby transforming educational regimes as spaces of social justice and human liberation. This article attempts to capture the contours of critical pedagogy and explores how Gramsci’s Marxism has influenced the formation of critical pedagogy and its intellectual trajectories.


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Ivanilde Apoluceno de Oliveira ◽  
Tânia Regina Lobato dos Santos

Neste artigo apresenta-se o recorte de uma pesquisa bibliográfica, financiada pelo CNPq, realizada sobre Paulo Freire no contexto Latino Americano e concluída em 2016. O objetivo é analisar a contribuição de Paulo Freire para uma educação emancipadora, por meio da construção de uma escola pública democrática, na América Latina. Considera-se que Paulo Freire ao criticar o ensino tradicional vigente nas escolas, aponta a necessidade de reinventar a escola em outra perspectiva, apresentando indicadores de uma escola pública crítica, popular e libertadora, que possibilite aos educandos serem sujeitos do seu conhecimento e aprendizagem, com autonomia para escolher e decidir sobre suas ações sociais e educacionais. Escola em que os educandos exerçam o direito de serem sujeitos. Entre os resultados destacam-se: que apesar da ampliação de acesso, o ensino de qualidade nas escolas públicas na América Latina continua negado, sendo mantida a situação de desigualdade e de exclusão educacional, de segmentos das classes populares, entre as quais a população indígena e as minorias étnicas. A educação popular freireana é vista como referencial para mudar a escola na América Latina, com vistas a uma escola pública emancipadora e democrática.Palavras-chave: Educação Freireana. Escola pública. América Latina. Education and Emancipation: Paulo Freire and the public school in Latin AmericaABSTRACTThis article presents a piece of a bibliographical research, financed by CNPq, held on Paulo Freire in the Latin American context and completed in 2016. The objective is to analyze the contribution of Paulo Freire to an emancipatory education, through the construction of a democratic public school, in Latin America. It is considered that Paulo Freire in criticizing the traditional teaching in schools, points to the need to reinvent the school from another perspective, presenting indicators of a critical public school, popular and liberating, which enables learners to be subjects of their knowledge and learning, with autonomy to choose and decide on their social and educational actions. School in which learners exercise the right to be subjects. Among the results are: that despite the expansion of access, the quality of education in public schools in Latin America continues to be denied, being maintained the situation of inequality and educational exclusion, of segments of the popular classes, including the indigenous population and ethnic minorities. Freirean popular education is seen as a reference for changing schools in Latin America, with a view to an emancipatory and democratic public school.Keywords: Freirean Education. Public school. Latin America. Educación y Emancipación: Paulo Freire y la escuela pública de LatinoaméricaRESUMENEn este artículo se presenta el recorte de una investigación bibliográfica, financiada por el CNPq, realizada sobre Paulo Freire en el contexto Latinoamericano y concluida en 2016. El objetivo es analizar la contribución de Paulo Freire a una educación emancipadora, a través de la construcción de una escuela pública democrática, en América Latina. Se considera que Paulo Freire al criticar la enseñanza tradicional vigente en las escuelas, apunta la necesidad de reinventar la escuela en otra perspectiva, presentando indicadores de una escuela pública crítica, popular y liberadora, que posibilite a los educandos ser sujetos de su conocimiento y aprendizaje, con autonomía para elegir y decidir sobre sus acciones sociales y educativas. Escuela en la que los educandos ejerzan el derecho de ser sujetos. Entre los resultados destacan: que a pesar de la ampliación de acceso, la enseñanza de calidad en las escuelas públicas en América Latina continúa negada, manteniendo la situación de desigualdad y de exclusión educativa, de segmentos de las clases populares, entre las cuales la población indígena y las minorías étnicas. La educación popular freireana es vista como referencial para cambiar la escuela en América Latina, con vistas a una escuela pública emancipadora y democrática.Palabras clave: Educación Freireana. Escuela pública. América Latina.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 339
Author(s):  
Thiago Santos de Souza ◽  
Lívia Gabriela Fonseca Melo ◽  
Diego Bruno Souza Pires

Este estudo tem como propósito, por meio de uma leitura conjunta de Jacques Rancière e Paulo Freire, o entendimento acerca da educação, com viés emancipatório, para a formação democrática dos sujeitos, visando à busca por promoção, proteção e valorização dos Direitos Humanos. Inicialmente, faz-se uma reflexão acerca da não hierarquia de inteligências e na crença da igual capacidade intelectual dos sujeitos e, em seguida, analisa-se o ensino tradicional e a proposta de uma educação emancipatória, refletindo sobre os objetivos intrínsecos daquela na manutenção da “cultura do silêncio”, e desta, que se orienta no sentido da humanização. No terceiro momento, desenvolve-se a respeito da educação como um direito humano ao considerar a prática educativa como essencial na formação do conjunto de valores que fundamentam o reconhecimento de direitos e deveres. Ao final, discute-se acerca da importância da educação com vistas a ampliar a capacidade dos sujeitos na construção de uma consciência crítico-reflexiva, o que inclui a capacidade de se indignar e de resistir contra injustiças e no poder de decidir sobre questões que lhes dizem respeito, assim como nos processos de transformação e construção de uma sociedade mais democrática e humanizada.Palavras-chave: Educação. Direitos Humanos. Democracia.Emancipatory education as a cornerstone for the promotion, protection and appreciation of human rights ABSTRACTThis study aims, through a joint reading of Jacques Rancière and Paulo Freire, to understand emancipatory education for the democratic formation of subjects, in view of the search for promotion, protection and appreciation of Human Rights. Initially, a reflection is made about the non-hierarchy of intelligences and the belief of the equal intellectual capacity of the subjects, and then we analyze traditional teaching and the proposal of an emancipatory education, reflecting on the intrinsic goals of the first in maintaining a “culture of silence”, and of the latter, which is oriented towards humanization. In a third stage, it develops on education as a human right by considering the educational practice as essential in the formation of the set of values that underlie the recognition of rights and duties. In the end, it discusses the importance of education in order to expand the ability of subjects to build a critical-reflective awareness, including the ability to be outraged and resist injustice, and to decide on issues that concern them, as well as in the processes of transformation and construction of a more democratic and humanized society.Keywords: Education. Human Rights. DemocracyEducación emancipatoria como esquina para promoción, protección y apreciaciónde los derechos humanosRESUMENEste estudio tiene como objetivo, a través de una lectura conjunta de Jacques Rancière y Paulo Freire, la comprensión de la educación con un sesgo emancipatorio, para la formación democrática de los sujetos, en vista de la búsqueda de la promoción, la protección y la apreciación de los derechos humanos. Inicialmente, se hace una reflexión sobre la no jerarquía de las inteligencias y la creencia en la capacidad intelectual igual de los sujetos, y luego, analiza la enseñanza tradicional y la propuesta de una educación emancipadora, reflexionando sobre los objetivos intrínsecos de eso en el mantenimiento de la "cultura de silencio”, y de esto, que está orientado hacia la humanización. En el tercer momento, se desarrolla sobre la educación como un derecho humano cuando se considera que la práctica educativa es esencial para formar el conjunto de valores que subyacen al reconocimiento de los derechos y deberes. Al final, discute la importancia de la educación con el fin de expandir la capacidad de los sujetos en la construcción de una conciencia crítico-reflexiva, que incluye la capacidad de indignarse y resistir contra las injusticias, y el poder de decidir sobre cuestiones que les dicen respeto, así como en los procesos de transformación y construcción de una sociedad más democrática y humanizada.Palabras clave: Educación. Derechos humanos. Democracia.


2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gert Biesta

The question I address in this article is how we might understand the role of the teacher in education that seeks to promote emancipation. I take up this question in conversation with German and North-American versions of critical pedagogy with, the works of Paulo Freire and with that of Jacques Rancière. I show that in each case we find not only a strong argument for emancipatory education but also a distinct view about the role of the teacher. My aim is partly to show the different ways in which the role of the teacher in emancipatory education can be conceived and to make clear how this role is related to the different understandings of emancipation and the dynamics of emancipatory education. The motivation for writing this article also stems from what I see as a rather problematic interpretation of the work of Rancière in recent educational scholarship, one where the key message of his 1991 book The Ignorant Schoolmaster is taken to be that anyone can learn without a teacher and that this alleged ‘freedom to learn’ would constitute emancipation. I challenge such a constructivist interpretation of Rancière’s work and argue that the key message of The Ignorant Schoolmaster is that emancipatory education is not a matter of transfer of knowledge from a teacher who knows to a student who does not (yet) know, but nonetheless is a process in which teachers and their teaching are indispensable. This will allow me to argue why and how teaching remains essential for emancipatory education and why we should therefore not be fooled into thinking that ignorant schoolmasters, because they have no knowledge to give, have nothing to teach and can be done away with.


1970 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-128
Author(s):  
Muh. Hanif

Paulo Freire and Ivan Illich are prominent figures in contemporary education, who broke the stable system of education. Paulo Freire suggests to stop bank style education and to promote andragogy education, which views both teacher and students equally. Education should be actualized through facing problems and should be able to omit naïve and magic awareness replaced with critical and transformative awareness. Different from Freire, Illich offers to free the society from formal schools. Education should be run in an open learning network. Technical skills can be taught by drilling. In addition, social transformation will happen only if there are epimethean people that are minority in existence.


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