Paulo Freire: A Critical Encounter

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Foreword ix
• Preface xiii
• Editors’ Introduction 1
• 1 - Paulo Freire’s Radical Democratic Humanism 8
• 2 - Education Is Politics 25
• 3 - Knowledge under Siege 36
• 4 - Decentering Pedagogy 47
• References 86
• 5 - Functional Literacy from a Freirean Point of View 90
• Notes 116
• 6 - From the Pedagogy of the Oppressed to a Luta Continua 119
• 7 - Bell Hooks Speaking about Paulo Freire— The Man, His Work 146
• 8 - Critical Pedagogy and State Welfare 155
• References 168

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Foreword ix
• Preface xiii
• Editors’ Introduction 1
• 1 - Paulo Freire’s Radical Democratic Humanism 8
• 2 - Education Is Politics 25
• 3 - Knowledge under Siege 36
• 4 - Decentering Pedagogy 47
• References 86
• 5 - Functional Literacy from a Freirean Point of View 90
• Notes 116
• 6 - From the Pedagogy of the Oppressed to a Luta Continua 119
• 7 - Bell Hooks Speaking about Paulo Freire— The Man, His Work 146
• 8 - Critical Pedagogy and State Welfare 155
• References 168
• 9 - A Dialogue with Paulo Freire 169
• 10 - Paulo Freire and the Politics of Postcolonialism 177
• Notes 187
• Name Index 189
• Subject Index 191