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Paulo Freire
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Brazilian educator and philosopher whose literacy work with peasants in Brazil and, after imprisonment and exile following the 1964 coup, in Chile and elsewhere, produced Pedagogy of the Oppressed, one of the foundational texts of critical pedagogy and liberationist education.
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionFounded critical pedagogy, arguing education should be a dialogic practice of conscientization that frees the oppressed from a banking model of instruction, developed through adult literacy campaigns. 1 Notable WorkPedagogy of the Oppressed (1968) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Critical pedagogy was founded by the Brazilian philosopher and educator Paulo Freire, who promoted it through his 1968 book, Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
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a book by Brazilian Marxist educator Paulo Freire, written in Portuguese between 1967 and 1968
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