Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire is considered "the most influential thinker about education in the late twentieth century."
Paulo Freire was in Brazil, where he attended a university with the initial hopes of graduating with a law degree. After his children were born, he changed his mind and began working as a welfare official. He later became the director of the Department of Education and Culture of Social Service in Pernambuco. Freire's work as a welfare official and director is what motivated him to explore why there is a lack of education among poor people. Freire, along with other colleagues did work with illiterate adults. Everyone they taught was able to learn the how to read and write.
In 1964, Paulo Freire was exiled from Brazil because the government disagreed with his work on educating the rural poor. Several years later, after the publication of his book he was allowed to return to his country under political amnesty.
During his exile, Freire wrote Pedagogy of the Oppressed in which he spoke about the ongoing struggle with the education system. In his book he examines the oppression people have suffered and how it has become justified (and of course, what needs to be done to change that).
In his honor, thePaulo Freire Institute was formed in Brazil that strives to educate adults, as well as disadvantaged people.
Links:
- http://www.wikipedia.org/
- www3.nl.edu/academics/cas/all/resources/paulofreire.htm
- http://www.paulofreire.org/
- http://www.infed.org/
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