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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780163803321

Autore

Roberts Peter <1963->

Titolo

Education, literacy, and humanization [[electronic resource] ] : exploring the work of Paulo Freire / / Peter Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Bergin & Garvey, 2000

ISBN

1-280-91350-9

9786610913503

0-313-00070-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Critical studies in education and culture series, , 1064-8615

Disciplina

370/.1

Soggetti

Education - Philosophy

Popular education

Critical pedagogy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-167) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Reading Freire; 2 Knowledge, Dialogue, and Humanization: Exploring Freire's Philosophy; 3 Ethics, Politics, and Pedagogy: Freire on Liberating Education; 4 Freirean Adult Literacy Education; 5 Extending Literate Horizons: Freire and the Multidimensional Word; 6 Critiques of Freire's Modernism; 7 Defending Freirean Intervention; 8 Rethinking Conscientization; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A critical introduction to the work of Paulo Friere. The author adopts a holistic approach in exploring the ontological, epistemological, ethical and pedagogical dimensions of Freire's thought, and discusses his approach to adult literacy education.