Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Penguin Modern Classics) Paperback – 6 April 2017

It's one of the most-cited books in social sciences for a reason: It's extremely good. Profound for its length, you'll come out of this with a new appreciation for how much room there is to grow in the teaching world. Good to read over a cup of coffee.

So helpful when thinking about learning theory generally but specifically in under served communities.

Perfect book. Should be in every home.

The two main takeaways for me are:-(1) that oppressors cannot bring an end to the oppression - the oppressed have to do that (or at least take a big part in it)(2) In overcoming oppression the oppressed save the humanity of themselves and also the humanity of the oppressorsAlso there is a two-stage process to the pedagogy. The first stage is the oppressed working with the oppressors in order to see reality more clearly. Secondly following on from the first stage the pedagogy no longer becomes owned by the oppressors it becomes owned by the oppressed as well.I think that the author uses the word “pedagogy” rather than “education” because the word “education” brings with it a lot of unhelpful associations and baggage (page 26).I suppose it is possible to fall into the trap of reading this book in exactly the manner the author warns against - that is as a passive recipient of information while viewing the author as an authority and seeing ourselves as ignorant.

Very relevant to our present intercultural dynamic with the racial tendencies that permeate our diversities

Very passionateIntense and critical thinkingWe need this

A classic emancipatory text. Useful to the powerless and the (genuinely well intentioned) powerful - to form a critical consciousness in pursuit of a more humanist reality.Requires a basic understanding of Hegel and Marx (dialectic history).

Freire has inspired me massively in my journey as an educator.Some of the sections are rather dense so required re-Reading a few times.But I highly recommend anyone who’s interested in education to read this book.