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Pedagogy of Freedom

Summary

Pedagogy of Freedom (1998) is Paulo Freire's final completed book, exploring the ethical and political dimensions of education, arguing that teaching is inherently a moral and political act that must be committed to human dignity and social justice.

Core Contribution

Freire's mature ethical statement on teaching; develops the relationship between progressive pedagogy and democratic citizenship.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • critical pedagogy
  • Paulo Freire
  • teaching ethics
  • social justice education

Historical Influences

Freire's earlier work liberation theology

Intellectual Lineage

Paulo Freire critical pedagogy

Allied Works

Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pedagogy of Hope

Contemporaries & Peers

Pedagogy of Hope critical pedagogy literature

Minds Influenced

Progressive teacher education social justice education

Intellectual Posterity

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