paulo freire

“ Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferals of information. ”

“ It is absolutely essential that the oppressed participate in the revolutionary process with an increasingly critical awareness of their role as subjects of the transformation. ”

“ At a certain point in their existential experience, the oppressed feel an irresistible attraction toward the oppressor and his way of life. Sharing this way of life becomes an overpowering aspiration. ”

“ This pedagogy makes oppression and its causes objects of reflection by the oppressed. ”

“ At times, I have been criticized by some philosophers of education, who place me in postures that they classify pejoratively as 'revolutionary.' ”

“ Manipulation, sloganizing, depositing, regimentation, and prescription cannot be components of revolutionary praxis, precisely because they are the components of the praxis of domination. ”

“ I have had the satisfaction of being invited to work in societies making progressive efforts without wavering. They were changing, and so they called on me. ”

“ In the banking concept of education, knowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider knowing nothing... ”

“ Looking at the past must only be a means of understanding more clearly what and who they are so that they can more wisely build the future. ”

“ Society which, according to its particular structure, shapes education in relation to the ends and interests of those who control the power in that society. ”