Contributions of Paulo Freire to Democratic Education
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Explain how theories of Paulo Freire have contributed to democratic education.
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This solution discusses the contributions of Paulo Freire to democratic education. It describes how education would look using his theory. The text contains 301 words.
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Problem: Explain how theories of Paulo Freire have contributed to democratic education
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Brazilian writer Paolo Freire's 'critical pedagogy' is one more attempt by recent theorists to place the child and our understanding of children firmly in a social context and, in the case of Freire, to extend that premise into a resolutely political context as well.
In his work from the 1970s, Freire argued that educators should utilize techniques of discussing classroom material that connect the student, the material and the schooling experience to a wider social and political ...
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