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wartortois's review
5.0
Phew. This book wasn’t an easy read, but i managed to get through it. Freire’s writing resonates and relates to student affairs in ways I couldn’t imagine.
balladofreadingqueer's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Anytime I read a book on pedagogy I am reminded of (and scared by) the immense responsibility that being an educator brings. It makes me question my reasons for teaching what I teach, how I teach it and what I want students to experience, learn and contribute to the classroom and the wider community.
I have not read Freire’s earlier (influential and groundbreaking) book Pedagogy of the Oppressed but this book on Pedagogy of Freedom drew connections between activism and education and the role of activist educators. Emphasising the role of love, hope and optimism as teaching tools and as a way of being in the classroom. His influence on bell hooks is clear and the way that her work has also influenced his writing.
Would recommend.
I have not read Freire’s earlier (influential and groundbreaking) book Pedagogy of the Oppressed but this book on Pedagogy of Freedom drew connections between activism and education and the role of activist educators. Emphasising the role of love, hope and optimism as teaching tools and as a way of being in the classroom. His influence on bell hooks is clear and the way that her work has also influenced his writing.
Would recommend.
for_esme_with_love's review
3.0
“I teach because I search, because I question, and because I submit myself to questioning.”
Freire introduces an important theoretical intervention into the project of education. His passionate case against a "a banking style" of education is very convincing and I would probably recommend this book to every teacher out there - progressive and traditional alike.
Unfortunately, Freire does not offer very much concrete advice to educators who hope to enact his brand of pedagogy of freedom. His words made me feel inspired, but not any wiser as to the "how to."
Freire introduces an important theoretical intervention into the project of education. His passionate case against a "a banking style" of education is very convincing and I would probably recommend this book to every teacher out there - progressive and traditional alike.
Unfortunately, Freire does not offer very much concrete advice to educators who hope to enact his brand of pedagogy of freedom. His words made me feel inspired, but not any wiser as to the "how to."
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