Critical pedagogy

Critical Pedagogy-Paulo Freire

1. Critical Pedagogy Dr.Sumi, Assistant Professor, MANUU,Hyderabad

2. Paulo Freire Pedagogy of the Oppressed

3. Overview Brazilian educator Paulo Freire's works published in 1968(1970). In this book he proposes a pedagogy with a new relationship between teacher, student, and society. This book is a critique of a certain educational method known as the 'banking' method” and is considered one of the foundational texts of Critical Pedagogy

4. What is Critical Pedagogy? 01 Critical pedagogy is a teaching approach which attempts to help students question and challenge domination, and the beliefs and practices that dominate them. It tries to help students become critically conscious. 02 Critical pedagogy is a philosophy of education described by Henry Giroux and other scholars as an "educational movement, guided by passion and principle, to help students develop consciousness of freedom, recognize authoritarian tendencies, and connect knowledge to power and the ability to take constructive action. 03 Critical Pedagogy is a form of education i n which students are encouraged to question dominant or common notions of meaning and form their own understanding of what they learn.

5. Major Concepts Problem-posing education Praxis Hegemony

6. Problem-posing education Problem-posing education is a term coined by Paulo Freire in his book Pedagogy of the Oppressed . It is a method of teaching that emphasizes critical thinking for the purpose of liberation. Freire used problem-posing as the alternative to Banking Education, which is the traditional model of education.

7. Praxis Praxis is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, practiced, embodied, or realised. It may also refer to the act of engaging, applying, exercising, realizing, or practicing ideas. It has meaning in the political, educational, and spiritual realms.

8. Hegemony Hegemony is the complete cultural domination of one group by another. In education, this occurs when students from one culture are taught that assimilation into their new culture is the primary goal. It is also referred as the maintenance of domination through consensual social practices, social forms, and social structures produced in specific sites such as schools, mass media, the political system, and the family

9. In brief... One of the key objectives of critical pedagogy is to allow students to gain the necessary social skills to allow them to actively participate in a transformed & inclusive democratic community. When you can identify the sources of power, recognize your own position in relation to power and understand the political nature of what you learn you can develop your own social actions. Critical pedagogy seeks to give those who have been excluded from power the right and ability to have an input into civic life.

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