Paulo Freire
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Paulo Freire Paulo Freire was a Brazilian educator and philosopher whose Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1968) became one of the most influential educational texts of the 20th century, arguing that traditional "banking" education — in which teachers deposit knowledge into passive students — perpetuates oppression, and that authentic education must be dialogic, critical, and emancipatory. Freire developed his literacy method working with impoverished workers in Northeast Brazil, and his ideas shaped liberation theology, critical pedagogy, and social justice education movements worldwide.
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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, and considered "the Grandfather of Critical Theory".
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