PAULO

FREIRE
EDUCATOR
AND
PHILOSOPHER
Objectives:
1.Analyze the significance of Paulo Freire's
background
2.Discuss Paulo Freire's Contributions to
Education
3.Understanding of Paulo Feire's Philosophy
for Academic Learning
Paulo Freire was born in
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil on
September 19, 1921.
In 1929, due to the economic
problems by the Great
Depression, the Freire family
was forced to leave Recife,
settling in nearby Jaboatao
where Paulo spent part of his
childhood and adolescence.
Paulo Freire began Law School at the University of Recife
in 1943. In 1944 he married Elza Maia Costa Oliveira, a
primary school teacher. He began to practice law but
stops before defending his first client, a young dentist
(Pedagogy of Hope, p. 17)
In the past, Freire said something to
Elza, "You know what, I'm not going to
be a lawyer."
Then Elza said, "I was hoping for that.
You're an educator."
Freire also stated, "From the time I got
married I began to be interested in the
problems of education in a systematic
way” (Fundamentos, p. 11).
Philosophical
Contributions
1.) The Banking Model of Education vs. Critical Pedagogy

The Banking Model of Education

The banking method is a violent
way to treat students because
students are human beings with
their own inclinations and
legitimate ways of thinking. The
banking method treats students
as though they were things
instead of human beings.
The Banking Model of Education
The Banking Model of Education
 The Critical Pedagogy
This relationship is democratic in so far as both the teacher and
the student are willing and open to the possibility of learning
from each other. In this type of relationship, no one is above
anyone, and there is mutual respect. Both the teacher and the
student acknowledge that they each have different experiences
and expertise to offer to each other so that both can benefit
from the other to learn and grow as human beings.
The Critical Pedagogy
 Freire was able to take the
2. Dialogue
discussion on several steps
with his insistence that
dialogue involves respect. It
should not involve one
person acting on another, but
rather people working with
each other.
3. The idea of building a “pedagogy of the oppressed”
It is an important element of
concern was conscientization
which is developing
consciousness, but the
consciousness that is
understood to have the power
to transform reality.
The Implications of Freire’s
Ideas to Learning and
Education:
Remember that teachers and children
are both learners:
Develop their critical literacy:
Encourage active inquiry and curiosity-led
participation:
THANK YOU
DALOGDOG, CHRISTIAN JAY
GENITO, JUNADRIAN J.
LANDERO, ALFRED
MONTO, FATIMA
TORRALBA, REYMAR
YURAG, HUMILITY