by Paulo Freire · Siglo XXI de España Editores, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432302473
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In 'Education as the Practice of Freedom', Paulo Freire explores the meaning of education amidst the social transformations of Latin America in the 20th century. Freire argues that true education is a praxis, a reflection and action of the individual on the world to transform it. His pedagogy, centered on the oppressed, proposes models of rupture and total change instead of adaptation or transition. This book is a profound exploration of liberating pedagogy and its impact on society.
Paulo Reglus Neves Freire was a Brazilian educator and Marxist philosopher whose work revolutionized global thought on education. He is best known for Pedagogy of the Oppressed, in which he reimagines teaching as a collaborative act of liberation rather than transmission. A founder of critical pedagogy, Freire’s influence spans literacy movements, liberation theology, postcolonial education, Marxism, and contemporary theories of social justice and learning. He is widely regarded as one of the most important educational theorists of the twentieth century, alongside figures such as John Dewey and Maria Montessori.
