Week 1 Project 1B

Paulo Freire was born in Recife, Brazil in 1921 it was there that he learned the harsh reality of poverty and literacy. Paulo spent his early twenties learning and mastering the psychology of language and eventually taught over 300 sugarcane workers to read and to write in approximately 45 days.

In 1967 Freire published his first book, only to follow it with his most famous writing Pedagogy of the Oppressed just two years later. He quickly became known for his contributions to the psychology of education and his updated theories which are bow called pedagogy. Paulo worked on the establishing a better description for the student teacher relationship. He simply thought of it as a teacher who learns and a leaner who teaches. It was due to his diplomatic thinking that made many universities (including UCLA) create institutions in his honor.

The website http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-freir.htm claims that Paulo Freire had five aspects of work that were particularly significant. First of all was his emphasis on dialogue and his general concern with education. Secondly, Paulo was concerned with the praxis-action. Thirdly, Friere's desire to wanting to name the world. Fourthly, his insistence on educational activity. And lastly, the number of informal educators that shared a connection with Paulo Freire.