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3 unusual facts about Paulo Freire


Open-space Learning or OSL

OSL employs methods such as ‘enactive’ learning, ‘kinaesthetic’ learning and the various styles of teaching developed by practitioners such as Augusto Boal and Paulo Freire.

Paulo Freire: The Man from Recife

Paulo Freire: The Man from Recife is a scholarly book written by American author James D. Kirylo.

Scottish Community Education Council

This was called PAULO, named after the Brazilian community educator Paulo Freire.


Banking education

Banking education is a term used by Paulo Freire to describe and critique the traditional education system.

The term banking education was first used by Paulo Freire in his highly influential book Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

Cristovam Buarque

He is a staunch defender of the “revolution… through education”, a line of thought touted by important Brazilian intellectuals, as Anísio Teixeira, Darcy Ribeiro and Paulo Freire.

Problem-posing education

James D. Kirylo, in his book, Paulo Freire: The Man from Recife, reiterates Freire's thought, stating that a problem-posing education is one where human beings are viewed as conscious beings who are unfinished, yet in process of becoming.

Youth activism

In recent years, educators such as the Paulo Freire, Henry Giroux, Howard Zinn, Alfie Kohn, and Jonathan Kozol have all called for young people to become central actors in the guidance of schools and communities.


see also

Critical pedagogy

Authors of critical pedagogy texts include not only Paulo Freire, as mentioned above, but also Michael Apple, Henry Giroux, Antonia Darder, bell hooks, Gloria Ladson Billings, Peter McLaren, Joe L. Kincheloe, Howard Zinn, Donaldo Macedo, Sandy Grande and others.

Paulo Freire University

The Universidad Paulo Freire (Spanish: Universidad Paulo Freire (UPF)), located in Managua, Nicaragua, with branches in Diriamba, Río San Juan and Matagalpa.