Famous for his advocacy of 'critical pedagogy', Paulo Freire was Latin America's foremost educationalist, a thinker and writer whose work and ideas continue to exert enormous influence in education throughout the world today. Education for Critical Consciousness is the main statement of Freire's revolutionary method of education. It takes the life situation of the learner as its starting point and the raising of consciousness and the overcoming of obstacles as its goals. For Freire, man's striving for his own humanity requires the changing of structures which dehumanize both the oppressor and the oppressed. This edition includes a substantial new introduction by Carlos Alberto Torres, Distinguished Professor and Founding Director of the Paulo Freire Institute, UCLA, USA. Translated by Myra Bergman Ramos.

Paulo Freire outlines the revolutionary principles behind the educational methods that have made him one of the 20th century's most influential education theorists.

About the Author
Paulo Freire is the author of the bestselling Pedagogy of the Oppressed, as well as Pedagogy of Hope, Pedagogy of the Heart, and Pedagogy in Process.

Reviews
Freire combines a compassion for the wretched of the earth with an intellectual and practical confidence and personal humility... Most of all he has a vision of man. * Times Higher Educational Supplement *



Book Information
ISBN 9781350190153
Author . Paulo Freire
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 262g