One very important thing to know about Paulo Freire is that the first chance he had to apply some of his theories, he was able to teach 300 sugarcane workers to read and write. This lead the Brazilian government to create more of these cultural circles around their country. This is very important because literacy was a qualification to be able to vote in presidential elections.
Another important thing to know about Paulo Freire is that two years after his successful application of literacy Freire was imprisioned for 70 days by a military coup for being a traitor. This is very important because this imprisonment forced him into exile from his own country and apply his theories is neighboring countries. He soon began to receive national recognition. Without persecution he was able to write a couple of books which led him to be allowed as a visiting professor at Harvard University.
Paulo Freire moved to Geneva, Switzerland where he began as a special educational adviser to the World Congress of Churches. This even furthered his worldwide recognition and later led him to be able to return to Brazil in 1979 and positively affect his country of origin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Freire
http://www.education.miami.edu/ep/contemporaryed/Paulo_Freire/paulo_freire.html
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1 comment:
BINGO!!!!! That first paragraph is extremely important -- literacy is the key to voting. If you could not read, you could not vote, if you could not vote, you could not cause change, if you could not cause change, you remained oppressed. EXCELLENT.
With the second paragraph, he gained perspective by living in exile; he learned that it was not only his native country but many faced similar situations. His ideas were replicated in other countries. Excellent work, Matthew.
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