10 Concepts About PAULO FREIRE’s Pedagogy | All You Need To Know

10 Concepts About PAUL FREIRE’s Pedagogy | All You Need To Know
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In this video I will explain 10 concepts that will help you become a better teacher by using Paulo Freire’s pedagogy.
#1 Who was Paulo Freire?
#2 What are “banking” methods of education?
#3 How is a traditional teacher different from a progressive teacher?
#4 What is a Freirian teacher?
#5 The emphasis is on the students’ experiences
#6 Teacher-centered curriculum vs Freirian curriculum
#7 How to empower students?
#8 What’s the teacher’s role then?
#9 How to use the generative theme approach?
#10 What is the problem-posing approach?
Conclusion
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[@marcosfergusano]

"freire" is pronounced in a different way every time lmao

[@upgradedlifestyle]

Why is it funny? If I give you a Chinese or a Thai name, will you be able to pronounce it if you're not familiar with the language?

[@GreenScreenBartender]

@@upgradedlifestyle I think he was just noticing how every time you hear his name it's pronounced differently. It wasn't a knock on you.

[@kurtz182]

You missed the point. That's on you.

[@Astral0muffiN]

@@kurtz182 nah, if you fail to direct the attention of the intended individual that's on you. ^-^

[@Astral0muffiN]

@@upgradedlifestyle Is anything inherently funny? Unless it's some obscure minority language it takes a total of 2 minutes to look it up for your self, 10 minutes tops if you want detailed phonetics. So maybe the imagined amount of hours worth of work put into explaining his concepts and theories across the mediums juxtaposed to the amount of work it would take to look up the pronunciation of his name makes the wild variances in how people pronounce the name humorous to this particular individual. Just my 2 cents, choosing to discount the possibility that your questions were rethorical and facetious...

[@jeffreyboyd2758]

James Lyndsay shares some fascinating insights about Paolo Freire and other similar influential thinkers on KZbin - I think it's called "New Discourses". Definitely worth a few minutes to listen.

[@upgradedlifestyle]

Thanks for the recommendation.

[@joeyshipman3470]

Totally-Lindsey spent 3 hours breaking it down

[@mindful3334]

Huge fan of James Lindsay. I'm committed to understanding Critical Race Theory so that I can argue against and ban it. Thank you Dr. Lindsay for the tools!

[@KoDi82]

@@ak1342able found the bootlickin’ commie

[@habibikebabtheiii2037]

​@@mindful3334 same, hurts learning all this gibberish but got to understand it so I can convince people how crazy it is and anti science.

[@bjdm151]

Did he call him Fredry?

[@emanhassan1435]

Thanks

[@upgradedlifestyle]

Welcome

[@sujayraomandavilli4732]

The science of pedagogy needs a revolution.. you might be interested in my papers on Anthropological Pedagogy and the Sociology of science

[@paulhan3314]

Link

[@sujayraomandavilli4732]

@@paulhan3314 Just type my name in google

[@punisher6001]

PF was a creation or sub-product of 20 years of socialism/communism's political parties in Brasil. His books never should be take as serious. Full of biased politics, Marxism methods and hate for free economic markets. He teaches future teachers how to fragment society by showing to children they are the oppressed. Everyone else, even parents, teachers, other economic levels than poor are the "oppressors". He sympathize with Russia, China, Castro and defend the genocides like Che Guevara when he killed "traitors" from the revolution. This is the real P.Freire. I whish read your papers and a friend advise. Don't waste time in try to "understand" or even translate P.F, if it yet can be translated.

[@davel7159]

@@punisher6001 interesting that “the core of the curriculum is based on questions rather than answers”…. Like Marxism, they never want to address solutions because they always fail or are a genocidal nightmare. There are some pretty scary clips of teachers saying literally what they’re trying to do. I’m all for shaking up teaching methods to make every student want to learn, but this IS indoctrination!

[@punisher6001]

@@davel7159 You are right. Our educational system still have to learn and improve as the society and life changes. One thing I know for sure: politics has to stay out of any level of school. At the universities, politics should have politics science with ALL views, all systems as well, history, science etc. In a way that new generations would know where they come from, how the things are at other countries and systems and so on. You know Dave, the 3 things Marx thought in order to have "all control". Fragment society (all these "new" rights, anti-patriotic movements and creation of small "different" groups), Arts and Education (Here is their nest. During the hunt of communists, we let they stay with schools, arts, movements where the rebel cause would flourish), through this channel, they are destroying the family cell, the values and traditions (history, ways where we used to live). Finally the media. And I don't have to extend myself because you probably know, more than me the "roll" of media today. And what is funny is that the spectrum of communism, Marx, conventions of Frankfurt National Assembly (May 1848-June 1849) its like a virus which adapts very well to our minds. since them these ideas that we need to turn against our governments still alive. Fact is, they use that against adversaries (usually right hand, conservative (family, traditions, etc), using the constitution and its freedoms to practice censorship, and gradually, burry down freedoms and achievements which came with great costs (wars, civil rights, democracy).

[@timmbot6082]

Interesting how you gloss over the main point and explicit focus of Freire’s teaching method which is to conscientize students into Critical Marxism.

[@upgradedlifestyle]

This script was written for an education degree assignment. So, yes, it focuses on the education aspect of Freire’s theories!

[@timmbot6082]

@@upgradedlifestyle The whole “education” aspect of Freire’s work is marxism. Departments of “Education” were one of the first to fall to the neo-marxists and now they spread their mind virus from within the institutions. “The Long March through the institutions” as Gramsci wrote and Marcuse pushed for. Sad times.

[@DeathBeach]

# of places this has worked = 0

[@Angeprof]

I attempted to teach my students how to think critically. Unfortunately, most students in my class were not introduced to critical thinking. They often felt uncomfortable thinking for themselves and often asked for the “right answers.” That used to break my heart because they were not empowered to think for themselves, and it was alright to make mistakes until they developed critical thinking skills. I can recall one class where my students were enthusiastic about learning to think critically. That was beautiful. More than half the class went to graduate school because they learned that they too could think critically. After no student in class seriously considered attending grad school before taking my class. You’d think I thought I was responsible for their learning with how happy I was with the outcome. And in no way was I responsible because, as an instructor, I see my role as presenting information and challenging my students to bring out the very best of them. One student, a conservative, said that he’d allow me to teach him how to think critically but not make a Liberal out of him. I responded that that was never my intention. My sole interest was for my students to learn to defend their position with logical soundness. Unlike what people are advised in this video, I saw my students- college-level students, as my equals. I told them that much. I wanted them to be ruthless in destroying myths they have nurtured and the fallacious arguments of others. I was confident they could be just as good or a better bullshit detector. I often wonder about those who thought I asked too much of them when I asked them to think critically. Critical thinking should be the default way in which we evaluate information. That aside, it's sad that the political machine has conservatives believe the lies they propose about critical theory. Because you don’t have to be a Marxist to be able to peel away at the bullshit politicians on both sides of the aisle sell their constituents as facts. Politicians are afraid that poor conservatives might think critically and strip themselves of the chain created by conservative politicians. These chains keep the status quo propped up while poor whites are left to envy anyone who makes better progress than they do- namely immigrants and Black people. While they are being distracted by lies from both ends, the rich keep getting richer- because poor Whites vote against their interests, while they make little progress for being consumed by the BS. Idk how they have not picked up on that cue. It’s time for White American working classes to get #WhiteWoke to the political games played by both parties to keep people dependent on a check or dependent on their employers. Without these people, the Republican and Democratic Parties would be FORCED to make significant changes for the working poor or suffer the consequences. Those consequences would be a national (peaceful) working-class strike to the tune of the loss of BILLIONS of dollars. Just stay home. You don’t even have to 🪧 picket. This would not only hurt corporate America- the BILLION$ they make off the backs of the working classes, but it would hurt the national economy- a Fck YOU to all politicians. And NOTHING pisses off the rich more than LOSING money. I’m not a Socialist. I’m a Capitalist who sees the Capitalist economy we have for what it is. It claims to be a “dog eat dog world” when in fact, it’s not. A real Capitalist economy would break down education barriers to allow education equity to promote the fiercest competition. And may the best person win. That’s not happening because those in power are in power, not because they know. But because people like Gates and others leverage the intelligence and skills of other people they fear they could someday compete against or oppress THEM. And because of this fear, US employers need to pay workers a decent wage so more people can own a piece of the American pie instead of waiting for a bone to fall on their laps. A rise without increasing the cost of living- like is known to happen. Because that’s like giving with one hand to take it with another. Oh…and no fake news about more people being above the poverty level when social mobility is reconstructed by politicians who widening the net by moving the “start line.”

[@upgradedlifestyle]

Thank you for sharing.

[@povertime6381]

You keep forgetting to capitalize Critical. These methods do not use any critical thinking. They use the Critical Theory type of thinking, based in Marxism.

[@Angeprof]

@@povertime6381 Well, I suppose you might be wrong. What most people seem not to realize, even critical theorists, is that not everyone is good at abstract or systems thinking- looking at the whole vs. a part. Meaning, most people see units or parts versus the whole (holistic thinking). To understand Marx, Freiré, Foucault, Strauss, Adorno, and others who examine life at a structural level is to be able to adjust our lens and capture more information versus capturing less by seeing things as if we are wearing blinders. Thus, to remove the blinders requires we see relationships or the interconnectedness of things (systems thinking), and critical theory assists students with critical thinking. For example, I used Freiré’s hidden curriculum concept for one semester. I gave students the option to take the final or read their text critically. They had to read their texts anyway. They had to take notes throughout the semester. These notes were on texts and images that create an unrealistic perception about social reality and are used, unconsciously or not, to support social stereotypes. They learned to recognize fallacies, visual fallacies, the manipulation of statistics to support less than honest agendas, the effects of hidden curriculum on students, and how things we have normalized as being “the way things are” affect perception, cognition, and decision-making. This particular group struggled with recognizing logical fallacies. Let me tell you, no one ideology in America has a monopoly on thinking critically. I blame that on people consuming the trash for news the partisan news outlets put forth. Generally speaking, Americans have outsourced their thinking to those who can think as little as they can or have ulterior motives in protecting the interests of the owners of news outlets. The point is that critical theory introduced layers/strata in seeing the world. Those layers are interconnected. Not being able to see the interconnectivity of these layers is a problem with analyzing the big picture or the “god view.”

[@merlinthewizard3680]

You may already be aware of this but i feel obligated to point out that Paulo Freire believed in seeing the world through a critical lens to attain critical consciousness. This is completely different then critical thinking. They use the word critical to make people think they are learning how to think critically when they are actually being taught how to see the world in a very particular way....through a critical lens. I'm sure I'm missing something here so please tell me the difference if I'm mistaken in some way

[@marniekilbourne608]

That is entirely different than teaching elementary, middle school and even high school. College is elective and they are adults so they are the instructor's "equals" if one decides to think that way. That is not the case in K-12 education. We taught per grade level what the political system is and how it functions but we never taught politics as that is subjective and not the same for everyone. They can decide what their politics are for themselves when they are adults. But thank you for writing this pat on your own back diatribe and being ever so progressive and "woke". 🙄

[@TotallySharkyComplete]

Completely inadequate descriptions. Freire was a Marxist where all the language had double meanings. This video makes it sound normal.

[@upgradedlifestyle]

This video is just a presentation...

[@mikewhite6434]

When someone says that Paulo Freire was a Marxist I suddenly realize that this one doesn't know Paulo Freire.

[@timmbot6082]

@@mikewhite6434 clearly you haven’t read his two major books - Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Politics in Education. Their main focus is on how to make people into Marxists. 😂

[@mikewhite6434]

@@timmbot6082 clear YOU haven't. PF have been one of my most important references daring my Master and I'm still using him in my PhD research. He was a Christian Humanist and had many reformist thoughts. He can't be described as a Marxist just because of some citations. Through this situation maybe he could be described as an Idealist Hegelian as well because he also cited Hegel, and he wasn't. Actually Marxists don't even like him.

[@timmbot6082]

@@mikewhite6434 The entirety of his books are about Marxism. He was a gnostic liberation theologian not a Christian. There’s no way you read his books yourself because its impossible to conclude he wasnt a marxist! lol

[@Sherlika_Gregori]

Paulo Freire was a genius. It’s a shame Brazilians don’t understand him.

[@MLK_Sold_Black_america_out]

Genius? He's stolen more educations than people killed by marxism.He is evil as hell

[@painmonopoly6930]

Bolsanaro will resurrect the ghost of freire just so he can slay him himself

[@akhilraj55]

Critical Pedagogy is essential in every path of life

[@Objectivityiskey]

How do you know?

[@Objectivityiskey]

Critical Pedagogy is designed to make promote the cult of Critical Marxism and has no place in education. Education is for teaching facts of reality, not secular cult religions like Marxism.

[@setclearboundaries9184]

Being from America, I just know that the banking method is real and toxic

[@setclearboundaries9184]

Education system failed me and so many others.

[@setclearboundaries9184]

To tell someone to actually think and to not just be led by anyone including those they know personally is by far the most loving thing you can do. I’m a new Paulo Freire because of Bell Hooks.

[@upvotecomment2110]

What I like to take note of: 1. Curriculum-based on Dialog, Reflection, and Interaction. 2. How to empower students? - Teachers need to devise activities that train the students to become more responsible. (by boosting their self-esteem and reducing their anxiety level) - This can be achieved by creating a positive atmosphere and preparing activities that develop the students' self-awareness, respect, and cooperation. (Essential skills: Listening, Speaking, Collaborating skills)

[@upgradedlifestyle]

Thanks for your contribution.

[@Objectivityiskey]

Though, by what standards. Just stating the expected outcome, doesn't create the mindset needed to achieve the proposed goals.

[@relaxingsounds1386]

It's education as therapy. total garbage.

[@relaxingsounds1386]

@@Objectivityiskey you're asking commies to be logical.

[@Objectivityiskey]

@@relaxingsounds1386 Lol, good point!

[@marniekilbourne608]

I disagree with this absolutely. I have an education degree (graduated 2004) and I have never heard of this man or his theories. I heard plenty of others! The students are NOT the equal, so to speak, of the teacher (yes we are all human beings). Classroom management is difficult enough without taking away all authority from the teacher. That would be like telling a parent they have no authority and the kids can just raise themselves and consult you when they choose to. We learned a lot of different ways to teach and to address different learning styles and abilities. We were taught not to always be the "sage on the stage" but to often be "the guide on the side". I certainly learned to teach students to think for themselves. IF the children are so wise already they can go ahead and teach themselves math as this theory suggests. Great! That is my least favorite subject to teach. Just because I was not taught this specific "method" does not mean I am/was an inferior teacher. I certainly did not want to be the one doing all of the talking in class. I liked letting them work in groups and in many ways to learn a lesson. I aimed to have them think as well not just to stuff a bunch of facts and skills in their heads. SMH

[@upgradedlifestyle]

Gerat. Now you know of Freire too!

[@punisher6001]

You are totally right! Read my comment above. It's really hard to describe P.F. with few words. due to a "global Marxist" wave where he was created literally to put ideology in children's minds at the poorest regions in Brazil during and after the country expelled the communist threat. If you don't believe-me, try to read any of his books. Portuguese is my 1st language and some parts, are impossible to understand so to translate. Nothing to do with critical thinking... just destructive and biased Marxist ideology. Anti religion, anti-family, anti-rich, pro-revolutionary, pro-Che, pro-Fidel.... nothing to do with education. Actually, when he talks about the "method operant" he used or copy a researcher from Netherlands that was ahead of him. Sorry for my grammar. English its my 3rd language.

[@Sherlika_Gregori]

You didn’t have e a good education then. His Books are out there.

[@Rackhamish]

This is incredibly watered down.

[@upgradedlifestyle]

It's for the general public.

[@No-ky3kb]

I think the narrator might have muscle tension dysphonia or something related as their voice seems very strained, and if you are reading this, please get that checked out because I'm concerned about you permanently damaging your voice.

[@upgradedlifestyle]

What a sad comment...

[@No-ky3kb]

@@upgradedlifestyle its an easy fix

[@upgradedlifestyle]

What? Your sad comment?

[@TheEdudo]

fight communism, fight marxism, fight Freire

[@upgradedlifestyle]

Sure.

[@adamcotton2121]

Condensed nonsense.

[@upgradedlifestyle]

Well it's a short video, so the information had to be condensed. As for it being "nonsense", we all have the right to an opinion.

[@adrianarchie]

Commies gonna be commies. Always and forever. Freire is one of the worst...

[@upgradedlifestyle]

Still, he remains / was influential.

[@punisher6001]

Paulo Freire was a lawyer, didn't had degree in pedagogy. Was a Marxist that citate communists liders and defended Guevara's assassination of traitors of the regime as "if the revolution needs, kill people is justified ". PF never thought children, just wrote 2 "important" books for teachers and today, these books are mandatory many universities and curses in Brazil. Basically he says in his books that student has to rebel against teachers and parents. Anyone who has more money then you is a perverted capitalist, an oppressor. His pedagogy is evil to society and justify why Brazil educational ranking is in the bottom ranking in the world.

[@upgradedlifestyle]

And yet he still remains influential and, at the same time, polarizing.

[@punisher6001]

@@upgradedlifestyle Not only influential... he was the only reference or voice in education during 100 years, the only to have academic space with the bless from socialists and communists parties.. No wonder because of him Brazil's education ranking its one of the last in the world. At South America, Brazil and Argentina, according to PISA are those who most invest in education but have the worst results. Thanks to Paulo Freire and his hypocrisy, sponsored for socialists governments, instead create something real (you know he copied other person's project, which was "the only" understandable thing in his book) that you could use at the class room, he only brought Marx, socialism thinking and discrimination making poor people hate everyone who posses something. Marxism brain wash. Yes, influential like Marks for Marks. He was a "bad old man".

[@guilhermebarbosa8161]

@Punisher Tudo bem? Espero que sim amigo. Queria te perguntar se você já leu alguma obra de Paulo Freire, mesmo que não seja sua Magnus Opus "Pedagogia do Oprimido" . Caso não tenha lido, ela é muito boa, e é baseada na empatia! Posso tentar resumir um pouquinho pra você, de uma forma não rigorosa por estarmos em um ambiente descontraído? Se você quiser, é só imaginar um docente que não só explica pra você os conceitos necessários para um bom entendimento do tema, mas como faz isso de uma forma que é confortável pra você que está aprendendo, ou seja, o discente. Então caso você precise aprender que a+b=c, mas vamos dizer, sua "raiva", ou "tristeza" ou qualquer outra coisa que possa tirar o discente do foco de aprendizado (no contexto da época de PF, era a fome, a miséria de um Brasil majoritariamente rural em que só podiam votar os alfabetizados, porém metade da população era alfabetizada) o estava impedindo, precisaríamos cuidar destes a priori. Ou seja, sua metodologia era baseada em empatia. Em linhas gerais ele apenas dizia 'Pense no contexto da sua vida na hora de aprender algo'. Só isso amigo. Freire era um bom homem que ensinava pobres e iletrados a lerem e a escreverem em um Brasil pré-ditadura militar. Obrigado por ter lido até aqui! 🫂

[@punisher6001]

@@guilhermebarbosa8161 Antes de mais nada, perdoe meu teclado. Nao esta configurado para portugues. Obrigado por expor teu ponto de vista. Entendo o que dizes e entendo contextualizacao. Na epoca de PF o Brasil (e os brasileiros) era 3o mundo, em todos os sentidos e educacao, nao estava fora. Li sim, alias, tive que ler para completar meu curso de Educacao Fisica. Desde que o curriculo pode ser direcionado para educacao e escola, bem como saude e esportes Paulo Freire foi o unico oferecido... sem opcoes, que mais tarde, independentemente do que o MEC impoe (e por outro lado, esconde) fui entender o quanto nocivo era seu metodo. PF divaga muito. E e' claro, no processo da "viagem" sempre havera coisas boas e ruins, direita e esquerda, etc. Se sua obra fosse um mero estudo sociologico, tudo bem. Criticismo? tudo bem. Diferentes angulos e solucoes? Melhor. Mas nao. Toda a base de PF e' Marxista e usa as necessidades dos mais indefesos (oprimidos) como raiz da causa, para instigar falsa narrativa (capitalismo e' mau, ricos sao opressores). Mas amigo, isso nao e' o pior ainda. O pior e' quando esse bom homem escreve em claro portugues (o que nao e' normal pra ele. E' ate arrogante na maneira que divaneia coisas "intradutiveis" em ingles, pelo menos) que a revolucao e' necessaria, e a morte tambem, se o inimigo nao render-se. Isso nem Marx fala "claramente" , esta mais para AlCoron e radicalismo mussulmando. Nao tem como defender isso. Alguem que ressalta assassinos, ditaduras e extremismo nao pode ser levado a serio. Na epoca que estudei a Pedagogia do Oprimido fui o unico estudante que fez o que ele proprio, PF quer que estudantes facam: Questionar. E questionei varios pontos onde provei que PF estava errado em muitos pontos. Nem entrei nos devaneios, nas incompreensiveis linhas de pensamento, verdadeiros no's na linguagem, que faz com que o leitor, nao entenda nada, mas acha incrivel o que leu. Aliaz, falar dificil e' marca de arrogantes... e como disse anteriormente, ele foi escolhido pois se alinhava a esquerda. E e' isso meu amigo...sou conservador/republicano. Tudo que vem da esquerda, e' ou sera ruim em algum ponto. Fim. Sem chance, basta olhar os fatos, o passado. PF pai da educac'ao? A pior educa'cao do emisferio? Nao adianta amigo nao defenda alguem que defende a morte em vez do dialogo. Alguem que defenda Che, Fidel, coran. Esquerda, socialismo, comunismo estao associados a morte, das almas e corpos. Nao diria que sua obra e' maligna. Diria que ele usa do medo e metodos dos malignos. E sim, PF era interessado em educar ... ate seu passado e ideias foram colabora'cao de estrangeiro (nao lembro se era um holandes ou ingles) vc provavelmente sabe de quem eu estou falando. Uma das coisas que mais separa os pensamentos, em minha opiniao sao: Ideias vs fatos. Bem simples. Se nao manipular nenhum desses dois, veras um mundo diferente. Ideias entram em nossa mentes, nas emocoes, nos desejos e na raiva. Ideias nao tem background track, provas concretas entao e' facil de serem ouvidas e aceitadas, especialmente pelos etiquetados como oprimidos. Leia o especial do Ephoc Times "The Spectrum of Communism". Varios cadernos que forma um especial durante 6 edicoes desse jornal (que era de Hong-Kong) China onde explica, nao com ideias mas dia, hora, mes, ano...historia, como as "ideias" do Marxismo e socialismo em geral continuam mais vivas que nunca. Sendo 1/10 racional, e' incompreenssivel. Mas essas geracoes novas, que nao sabem de onde vem essa liberdade, esses direitos e conquistas. Essa geracao mimada, que nao e' mais oprimida mas sim espoiled, lazy, adora Ideias. E uma das grandes ideias e' de que "tudo que e' tradicional, tudo que e' regrado a ex. respeito, liberdade de religiao, bons costumes, direito de defesa da vida e propriedade... suceder, enriquecer, tudo isso e' radicalismo. Essas ideias fabricam narrativas. Em vez de PF educar professores para "instigar" o crescimento espiritual e carnal nas crian'cas pobres de favelas ou do cerrado, aprendendo ler, fazer calculos, entender de economia, travbalho, empregos,... ensinava os professores 'a politizar. A criticar o criticavel (agora to eu aqui Paulofreireando), odiar o odiavel. .. Li obras que interpretam as obras de PF. Li tambem biografias nao autorizadas de seus criticos. So uma palavra meu amigo: Assustador.

[@MangumComely]

@@punisher6001 mano, vai dar um rolê. paulo freire é a solução e tu ta viajando na ameaça vermelha.

[@user-fw2dd2cy3c]

I tried to read that book. It was really terrible. It was as if it were written by a high school student.

[@upgradedlifestyle]

Maybe you need a different reading approach...

[@punisher6001]

Mostly of his "work" is like that. He invent things that are impossible to translate because, its uncompressible even in Portuguese. I don't know why people keep talking about this cloud.

[@Inglespraca]

Exactly. Lol

[@punisher6001]

Again, PF endorsed Marx, Che and socialism. Arrogant which never went to a class room.

[@pjgdba306]

@@punisher6001 As a note, I went down a rabbit hole trying to consider practical applications of Mezirow (transformative learning theory) , who states he was highly influenced by Freire's emancipatory learning. The problem with the Godless depressed faction is that it is all emotion-driven, arriving at the professional victim. Everything is based on increasing separation of the oppressed individual into a dark realm of cynicism. I am not an "Up With People" king of guy, but I know how to step back once in a while and apply the "Don't believe everything you think" therapy, whereas these drones go on and on. After a while, all Mezirow's work sounds the same. Super theoretical - he wasn't good at explaining application to something useful. Just my 2c.

[@kamusknight]

Paulo Freire = mistake.

[@upgradedlifestyle]

An opinion.

[@joelmittelstaedt2657]

His ideas are awful.

[@upgradedlifestyle]

Debatable.

[@Sherlika_Gregori]

Yes, if yogi want to teach people to learn to think. They won’t be manipulated by the government and that is a bad thing for capitalism.