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''The foremost work on the key democratic task: helping people to identify and challenge the sources of their oppression ... a transformative text'' George Monbiot, Guardian

Arguing that ''education is freedom'', Paulo Freire''s radical international classic contends that traditional teaching styles keep the poor powerless by treating them as passive, silent recipients of knowledge. Grounded in Freire''s own experience teaching impoverished and illiterate students in his native Brazil and over the world, this pioneering book instead suggests that through co-operation, dialogue and critical thinking, every human being can develop a sense of self and fulfil their right to be heard.

''Truly revolutionary'' Ivan Illich



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A transformative text -- George Monbiot
Truly revolutionary -- Ivan Illich
Brilliant methodology of a highly charged and politically provocative character -- Jonathan Kozol

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 6 April 2017
      ISBN-13 9780241301111
      978-0241301111
      ISBN-10 0241301114
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      Non Fiction Politics, Philosophy & Society Human rights, civil rights Philosophy and theory of education Social discrimination and social justice

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''The foremost work on the key democratic task: helping people to identify and challenge the sources of their oppression ... a transformative text'' George Monbiot, Guardian

      Arguing that ''education is freedom'', Paulo Freire''s radical international classic contends that traditional teaching styles keep the poor powerless by treating them as passive, silent recipients of knowledge. Grounded in Freire''s own experience teaching impoverished and illiterate students in his native Brazil and over the world, this pioneering book instead suggests that through co-operation, dialogue and critical thinking, every human being can develop a sense of self and fulfil their right to be heard.

      ''Truly revolutionary'' Ivan Illich



      Trade Review
      A transformative text -- George Monbiot
      Truly revolutionary -- Ivan Illich
      Brilliant methodology of a highly charged and politically provocative character -- Jonathan Kozol

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