Echoes from Freire for a critically engaged pedagogy / Peter Mayo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mayo, Peter, 1955- author.

Series:

Critical pedagogy today series.

Critical pedagogy today

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997.

Education--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In this concise and accessible text, Peter Mayo outlines some of the major concepts in Freire's praxis. In pursuit of a critically engaging pedagogy, Mayo compares Freire's work with a range of other thinkers and educators, including Lorenzo Milani, Antonia Darder, John Dewey, Margaret Ledwith, Antonio Gramsci, and Henry Giroux. Chapters in the book include discussions of the State's role in education - specifically higher education; a critical analysis of the dominant discourse in education centering on 'competences' and the type of slant this discourse takes; a study of adult education through a Freirean lens; an historical view of Nicaragua's Freire-inspired literacy and popular education campaigns of 1980; a fresh perspective on the role of social movements in the contexts of social transformation; a new analysis of the relevance of Freirean concepts for transformative research, and an exploration of educators as intellectuals and social actors. The result is a compelling study of how Paulo Freire's writings continue to resonate around the world, and of how we must continue to apply and interpret them anew."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

pt. 1. Freirean concepts

pt. 2. Freirean interpretations

pt. 3. Affinities with Freire

pt. 4. Freirean inspiration.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781441137302

1441137300

9781472552884

1472552881

9781283874151

1283874156

9781441143013

1441143017

OCLC:

823724848