The behavior of the oppressed is a prescribed behavior, following as it does the guidelines of the oppressor.
Paulo FreireRead
... there is no valid teaching from which there does not emerge something learned and through which the learner does not become capable of recreating and remaking what has been taught.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Teaching is effective only when it leads to genuine learning and the ability to apply knowledge creatively.
This quote by Paulo Freire emphasizes the importance of active learning and the transformative power of education. It suggests that true education is not merely about the transfer of knowledge, but about fostering a deeper understanding that enables learners to think critically and innovate based on what they have learned.
Themes
EducationLearningTeachingCreativityTransformation
In practice
Example use cases
In a commencement speech to inspire graduates about the role of education in personal growth.
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All quotes →How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation?
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Critical and liberating dialogue, which presupposes action, must be carried on with the oppressed at whatever the stage of their struggle for liberation. The content of that dialogue can and should vary in accordance with historical conditions and the level at which the oppressed perceive reality.
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This is the sense in which I am obliged to be a listener. To listen to the student's doubts, fears, and incompetencies that are part of the learning process. It is in listening to the student that I learn to speak with him or her.
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This pedagogy makes oppression and its causes objects of reflection by the oppressed, and from that reflection will come their necessary engagement in the struggle for their liberation. And in the struggle this pedagogy will be made and remade
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The oppressors do not perceive their monopoly on having more as a privilege which dehumanizes others and themselves. They cannot see that, in the egoistic pursuit of having as a possessing class, they suffocate in their own possessions and no longer are; they merely have.
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