Notes 30 August 2004
Intro to Freire and Brazilian
context
EDCI 6306
Freire
Marxism is one system of thought that can help you think about how to change society
Terms
Pedagogy: uses term in a broader sense to mean one's philosophy of education as it is related to a particular topic
- very interested in social and political philosophy of education
- not pedagogy in a narrow sense (very much an adult educator, not just focused on education for the young)
social/political philosophy can be regarded as a synonym for pedagogy as Freire uses it
"Oppressed"
- uses it in broad and specific ways
- oppressed person is someone who cannot do what he/she should legitimately be allowed to do
- oppression most often comes from ruling elite, but also can come from the oppressed people themselves (he refers to those as sub-oppressors)
poor, disenfranchised, peasants, those without political or economic clout, the working class, the unemployed
- these are the "oppressed" he is most focused on
- the people who are often not valued by the middle and upper class, and the elites
WalMart is now the largest grocery retailer in the US
Freire's thinking is applicable and relevant not only to Brazil but the US as well
- not just application to the economic realm, but to educational and other areas also
"hope"
- big issue in Brazil: working class/unemployed and in many cases the middle class felt like it was hopeless to try and change things
- Freire rebells against the idea that we must accept the status quo
- if you think there is no way to change anything, that is a self-fulfilling prophecy
- we make history, it is made: if that is true there is hope for us changing things
Freire repeatedly talks about how important study is, there should be pleasure and joy involved in studying, says it should not be boring and dull
Freire has some works that are very challenging and require a lot of thinking / hard work to get through
2 weeks from tonight: we'll be selecting which chapters we want to co-teach on from either "Letters to Cristina" or "Pedagogy of Freedom"
Video on Brazil:
- in 1490 Pope divided world into northern and southern spheres of influence, giving the north to Spain and the south to Portugal
Sugar was a luxury item in 16th century, Portuguese were only ones for awhile that new how to cultivate it
1580 - 1640 Brazil and Portugal became one country, and artificial boundary disappeared for a time
1700s gold and diamonds were discovered in Brazilian highlands
1763 Rio became the capital of the colony
coffee cultivation was not well suited to slavery, because of need to for careful cultivation
1888 Royal family in Brazil outlawed all slavery
movie said population of Sao Paulo is 10 million
-
1964 military coup in Brazil
Freire lived from 1921 - 1997
60% of the land in Brazil belonged to 1% of the population throughout most of the history of Brazil
Communist Party fought for rights of parents with ideals and limitations of Marx
- when about 15 of key political positions were held by communists, within 5 months loopholes were exploited to get them removed from office
Paulo emphasizes the idea that there is no such thing as neutrality
his question: when something is passed by government or changed in education, who is going to profit from it?
- Friere advocated bringing all the information to the table to analyze it
contends that often we don't respect the lives of people, so they can work 10 hours a day instead of 15
- when they go to school their languages and dialects are respected
term third world country has become a very derrogatory statement
- there are third world situations in the first world
says genuine democracy is one of the most difficult endeavors anyone can attempt
- the longer we wait the harder it becomes
20% of Americans today already don't have health insurance
What are the chances of even becoming middle class if you are born lower class in Lubbock?
Marxism is one system of thought that can help you think about how to change society
Terms
Pedagogy: uses term in a broader sense to mean one's philosophy of education as it is related to a particular topic
- very interested in social and political philosophy of education
- not pedagogy in a narrow sense (very much an adult educator, not just focused on education for the young)
social/political philosophy can be regarded as a synonym for pedagogy as Freire uses it
"Oppressed"
- uses it in broad and specific ways
- oppressed person is someone who cannot do what he/she should legitimately be allowed to do
- oppression most often comes from ruling elite, but also can come from the oppressed people themselves (he refers to those as sub-oppressors)
poor, disenfranchised, peasants, those without political or economic clout, the working class, the unemployed
- these are the "oppressed" he is most focused on
- the people who are often not valued by the middle and upper class, and the elites
WalMart is now the largest grocery retailer in the US
Freire's thinking is applicable and relevant not only to Brazil but the US as well
- not just application to the economic realm, but to educational and other areas also
"hope"
- big issue in Brazil: working class/unemployed and in many cases the middle class felt like it was hopeless to try and change things
- Freire rebells against the idea that we must accept the status quo
- if you think there is no way to change anything, that is a self-fulfilling prophecy
- we make history, it is made: if that is true there is hope for us changing things
Freire repeatedly talks about how important study is, there should be pleasure and joy involved in studying, says it should not be boring and dull
Freire has some works that are very challenging and require a lot of thinking / hard work to get through
2 weeks from tonight: we'll be selecting which chapters we want to co-teach on from either "Letters to Cristina" or "Pedagogy of Freedom"
Video on Brazil:
- in 1490 Pope divided world into northern and southern spheres of influence, giving the north to Spain and the south to Portugal
Sugar was a luxury item in 16th century, Portuguese were only ones for awhile that new how to cultivate it
1580 - 1640 Brazil and Portugal became one country, and artificial boundary disappeared for a time
1700s gold and diamonds were discovered in Brazilian highlands
1763 Rio became the capital of the colony
coffee cultivation was not well suited to slavery, because of need to for careful cultivation
1888 Royal family in Brazil outlawed all slavery
movie said population of Sao Paulo is 10 million
-
1964 military coup in Brazil
Freire lived from 1921 - 1997
60% of the land in Brazil belonged to 1% of the population throughout most of the history of Brazil
Communist Party fought for rights of parents with ideals and limitations of Marx
- when about 15 of key political positions were held by communists, within 5 months loopholes were exploited to get them removed from office
Paulo emphasizes the idea that there is no such thing as neutrality
his question: when something is passed by government or changed in education, who is going to profit from it?
- Friere advocated bringing all the information to the table to analyze it
contends that often we don't respect the lives of people, so they can work 10 hours a day instead of 15
- when they go to school their languages and dialects are respected
term third world country has become a very derrogatory statement
- there are third world situations in the first world
says genuine democracy is one of the most difficult endeavors anyone can attempt
- the longer we wait the harder it becomes
20% of Americans today already don't have health insurance
What are the chances of even becoming middle class if you are born lower class in Lubbock?
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