Category: Week 9 – Critical Pedagogy
Too Big to Fail
While reading some of Paulo Friere’s ideas in “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” (or translated ideas, rather) I could not help but make the connection to the saying we all heard and read about incessantly a few years ago regarding particular financial institutions in the United States, that they were “too big to fail.” The connection … Continue reading Too Big to Fail
Read moreReflects on a Short Video that Paulo Freire Talks about Curiosity
I was impressed by several points by Paulo Freire in this short recored interview. The first point is remaining your own personality, while being tolerant as educators. It is difficult to recognize and agree to other point of views while defending your own thoughts without swing. In the Warring States period of ancient China (BC 770-BC 221), … Continue reading Reflects on a Short Video that Paulo Freire Talks about Curiosity
Read moreGrad 5114 Week 9 (10/21): Critical Pedagogy
If we want to summarize the way we’ve been learning in universities and schools since we were young, we could say that it was mostly just a matter of passing down the knowledge from the older generation to the new one. That method, though it is not that bad, it is not good enough. Teachers should […]
Read moreCommon Ground
I listened to a podcast recently that talked about the relationship between teacher and student that really resonated with me as I was reading through Friere’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed.” The podcast, titled “In The Classroom, Common Ground Can Transform … Continue reading →
Read moreI see the light!
Finally! Some light at the end of this tunnel we call education! Prior to this week I had never heard of Paulo Freire, and boy am I glad we were assigned some of his work this week. I was beginning to think that we would continually discuss what is wrong with education and fantasize about […]
Read moreHow will you use your platform?
“…He or she does commit himself or herself, within history, to fight at their side.” -Paulo Freire Paulo Freire’s description of critical pedagogy emphasizes engagement in the real world, extending far beyond the classroom. This engagement is not unrealistic, but instead focuses on encouraging students and teachers to walk alongside all different types of people…
Read moreSectarian.
In Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Freire identifies sectarian on both right and left of the spectrum as individuals so consumed by their own perceptions of Truth feel “threatened if that truth is questioned. Thus, each considers anything that is not ‘his’ truth a lie.” They … suffer, he quotes, from a deplorable absence of doubt. […]
Read moreThe Virtue of Tolerance
This week’s readings are my best so far. I am glad to be introduced to Paulo Freire’s work and his approach to teaching/learning -or life. His criticism against the tabula rasa view of (student) mind is truly r-evolutionary. His circular shaped understanding of teaching and learning as well as his focus on curiosity as […]
Read moreWho is this Freire guy?
Beyond this class and the Preparing the Future Professoriate class I took with the Dean last spring, I don’t have much experience studying or discussing issues of higher education other than what I can pull from my own personal experiences. With that i…
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