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Pedagogy of the oppressor: Freirean pedagogies in the postmodern classroom
Title
Pedagogy of the oppressor: Freirean pedagogies in the postmodern classroom.
Creator
Francis, Toni Perdita., Florida Atlantic University, Covino, William A.
Abstract/Description
Since the publication of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed , American educators have found use for his radical pedagogy that challenges traditional education practice. Freire considers current/traditional pedagogy to be "banking education"; he offers in its place a student-centered pedagogy in which both student and teacher participate in the process of learning. Freire's influence is most present in the field of composition studies where, in light of emerging postmodern theories,...
Show moreSince the publication of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed , American educators have found use for his radical pedagogy that challenges traditional education practice. Freire considers current/traditional pedagogy to be "banking education"; he offers in its place a student-centered pedagogy in which both student and teacher participate in the process of learning. Freire's influence is most present in the field of composition studies where, in light of emerging postmodern theories, teachers find it necessary to alter Freire's work, but continue to value applications of his pedagogy such as dialogic classrooms, education for liberation, and problem-posing teaching. These processes and concepts, educators believe, assist in training American students for participation in democracy.
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Date Issued
2001
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12872
Subject Headings
Critical pedagogy., Freire, Paulo,--1921---Pedagogy of the oppressed., Postmodernism and education.
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Public intellectuals in Latin America: Writers and politics [and] Quetzalcoatl's Feathers
Title
Public intellectuals in Latin America: Writers and politics [and] Quetzalcoatl's Feathers.
Creator
Canivell, Maria Odette., Florida Atlantic University, Covino, William A.
Abstract/Description
The role of the Intellectual in Latin America has been marked by his/her political activism. Whether engaging in nation-building like Sarmiento or Marti; or fighting against corruption and tyranny, like Vargas Llosa or the group of Chilean intellectuals who helped bring democracy back to Chile, intellectuals in Latin America leave the relative isolation of the academic world to enter the political arena. This doctoral work, divided in two parts (an academic essay and a novel), explores the...
Show moreThe role of the Intellectual in Latin America has been marked by his/her political activism. Whether engaging in nation-building like Sarmiento or Marti; or fighting against corruption and tyranny, like Vargas Llosa or the group of Chilean intellectuals who helped bring democracy back to Chile, intellectuals in Latin America leave the relative isolation of the academic world to enter the political arena. This doctoral work, divided in two parts (an academic essay and a novel), explores the struggle of intellectuals, in particular writers, who are required to function as high level politicians due to structural weaknesses in the political systems of their countries. I argue that Latin American intellectuals feel compelled to serve as politicians to fill in the void left by traditional political parties. Among the reasons I cite to support my claim are inefficient political institutions; government corruption; a weak state unable to support the necessary requirements for democracy; and popular demand, all of which call for public intellectuals to step up to the plate and amend the "perceived" prevailing political chaos. The first part of the dissertation, Public Intellectuals in Latin America: Writers and Politics, compares the achievements of intellectuals in Europe, China and the United States with that of their Latin American counterparts. The second contains an in-depth analysis of Latin American intellectuals focusing on three case studies: Sarmiento, Vargas Llosa and the group of Chilean intellectuals who were key in the transition to democracy in Chile. To round up the discussion, I include an interview with two modern day intellectuals: Dr. Eduardo Gamarra, a political analyst and Dr. Victor Bulmer-Thomas, director of the Royal Institute of Foreign Affairs. The second part, Quetzalcoatl's Feathers, is a satirical work of fiction conceived as a mordant attack on stereotypes. Set in a fictional community of English-speaking Ixil Indians (inhabiting a remote area of the Guatemalan Highlands) the novel addresses issues of ethnicity, cultural imperialism and bilingualism, as it illustrates the misadventures of two misguided, if well intentioned, fictional intellectuals bent on bringing prosperity (with careless disregard for the human cost) to their marginalized community.
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Date Issued
2004
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12098
Subject Headings
Political culture--Latin America, Intellectuals--Latin America--Political activity, Latin America--Social conditions
Format
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