Occupation: Educator Birth: September 19, 1921 Death: May 2, 1997
Critical reflection on practice is a requirement of the relationship between theory and practice. Otherwise theory becomes simply "blah, blah, blah, ….
Although the teachers or the students are not the same, the person in charge of education is being formed or re-formed as he/she teaches, and the per….
In order for the oppressed to unite they must first cut the umbilical cord of magic and myth which binds them to the world of oppression; the unity w….
Indeed, the interests of the oppressors lie in 'changing the consciousness of the oppressed, not the situation which oppresses them..
The parent-child relationship in the home usually reflects the objective cultural conditions of the surrounding social structure. If the conditions ….
Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultane….
It is not systematic education which somehow molds society, but, on the contrary, society which, according to its particular structure, shapes educat….
How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation?.
It is not suprising that the banking concept of education regards men as adaptable, manageable beings..
Education is suffering from narration sickness..
The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom..
Any attempt to treat people as semihumans only dehumanizes them..
The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors..
Experience teaches us not to assume that the obvious is clearly understood.
The teacher is no longer merely the-one-who-teaches, but one who is him/herself taught in dialogue with the students, who in turn while being taught ….
The atmosphere of the home is prolonged in the school, where the students soon discover thatin order to achieve some satisfaction they must adapt to ….
When we live our lives with the authenticity demanded by the practice of teaching that is also learning and learning that is also teaching, we are pa….
To teach is part of the very fabric of learning..
We must be forewarned that only rarely does a text easily lend itself to the reader's curiosity... the reading of a text is a transaction between the….
Coherently democratic authority carries the conviction that true discipline does not exist in the muteness of those who have been silenced but in the….
But almost always, during the initial stage of the struggle, the oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors,….