PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED – PAULO FREIRE

The foremost work on the key democratic task: helping people to identify and challenge the sources of their oppression … a transformative text George Monbiot, Guardian Arguing that education is freedom , Paulo Freire s radical international classic contends that traditional teaching styles keep the poor powerless by treating them as passive, silent recipients of knowledge. Grounded in Freire s own experience teaching impoverished and illiterate students in his native Brazil and over the world, this pioneering book instead suggests that through co-operation, dialogue and critical thinking, every human being can develop a sense of self and fulfil their right to be heard. Truly revolutionary Ivan Illich