The Student Guide to Freire's 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed'

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

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Now in its 2nd edition, this book serves as companion to Freires seminal work, supporting the application of his pedagogy in enacting emancipatory educational programs in the world today. The new edition includes a new chapter called Teaching Pedagogy of the Oppressed with additional dialogue questions and activities designed to support students and instructors. It also includes an updated Bibliography and further reading list. Antonia Darder closely examines Freires ideas as they are articulated in Pedagogy of the Oppressed, beginning with a historical discussion of his life and a systematic discussion of the central philosophical traditions that informed his revolutionary ideas. Darder explores Freires fundamental themes and ideas, including issues of humanization, teacher/student relationship, reflection, dialogue, praxis, and his larger emancipatory vision. The book also includes a chapter-by-chapter close reading of the text with sample questions to prompt discussion and engagement with Freires ideas, as well as a new interview with Freires widow, Ana Maria Arajo Freire, and a preface by Donaldo Macedo.

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[of the 1st Edition] This book should be considered a national treasure and will be read by future generations as a crucial text in both their understanding of Paulos classic work and as a text that will inspire and energize them. * Henry Giroux, Professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest and Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy, McMaster University, Canada *
[of the 1st Edition] In our current educational landscape of runway fetishization of methods, Antonia Darders exceptional book is must reading for all educators, particularly those who yearn to become agents of change. * Lilia I. Bartolom, Professor of Education, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA *
[of the 1st Edition] Impressive, pristine, inspiring, and transformative, Antonia Darder strikes again, with a timeless extraordinary dialogical reading of Freires intellectual masterpiece, the Pedagogy of the Oppressed. * Joo Paraskeva, Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA *
[of the 1st Edition] Well-research, timely, accessibly written and on the 50th Anniversary of the original release of Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Darders book can now be considered the official companion to that text moving forward. * James D. Kirylo, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, USA *
[of the 1st Edition] Antonia Darders new book provides excellent scholarly company for the attentive reader of this classic text. Darder sets Pedagogy of the Oppressed in its appropriate contexts, discusses its philosophical underpinnings, and demonstrates its continuing significance for educationists in the 21st century. * Peter Roberts, Professor of Education, University of Canterbury, New Zealand *

Author Bio

Antonia Darder holds the Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair of Ethics and Moral Leadership at Loyola Marymount University, USA, and is Professor Emerita of Educational Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. She is a distinguished international Freirean scholar, and her publications include Freire and Education (2014) and Reinventing Paulo Freire: A Pedagogy of Love (2017).