Introducing Freire - A Guide for Students, Teachers and Practitioners

The famous Brazilian educator Paulo Freire has influenced educators, teachers and students in a broad tapestry of contexts and countries, as he challenged conventional thinking on how teachers ought to teach and learners ought to learn. By making his ideas accessible and relevant, this insightful and thought-provoking text draws out the relevance and topicality of Freire's work and applies this to a wide range of educational settings, from adult education, through schools, to early years settings.

List of contents

1. The life and times of Paulo Freire 2. Literacy and Beyond 3. Dialogue, illiteracy and more 4. Naming, reading and writing the world 5. The definition, philosophy and politics of literacy 6. Part 1:What kind of teaching and learning do we want? 7. Part 2: What kind of teaching and learning do we want? Links to informal education 8. A Pedagogy for Liberation 9. Theater of the Oppressed: an elaboration of the work of Paulo Freire 10. No more silence: learning in informal settings

About the author

Sandra Smidt is a writer and consultant in early years education. She has previously written The Developing Child in the 21^st Century (2013), Introducing Malaguzzi (2012), Introducing Bruner (2011), Playing to Learn (2010) and Introducing Vygotsky (2008), all published by Routledge.

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Smidt
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2014
• EAN: 9780415717274
• ISBN: 978-0-415-71727-4
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: Introducing Early Years Thinkers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; EDUCATION / General, Linguistics, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Learning, Literature: history & criticism, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Philosophy & theory of education, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Philosophy and theory of education, Literature: history and criticism, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten