The Brazilian philosopher Paulo Freire (1921-1997) developed theories that have been used, principally in Third World countries, to bring literacy to the poor and to transform the field of education. Paulo Freire was born on the northeastern coast of...

Brazilian adult educator who became leader of Brazil’s literacy movement in the 1950s. Became more well known after he was forced to leave Brazil—an original thinker and famous writer. See critical pedagogy, banking education, emancipatory...

Paulo Freire Born 1921 Recife, Brazil Died May 2, 1997 Sao Paulo, Brazil Educator, literacy advocate, social reformer, and author Paulo Freire believed that the world’s oppressed millions of illiterate adults had a right to an education. He...

Paulo Freire (Recife, Brazil September 19, 1921 – São Paulo, Brazil May 2, 1997) was a Brazilian educator and is a highly influential theorist of...

In one of his last books, Paulo Freire tells this story: Once, in a TV report about landless rural workers in the interior of San Paulo, the reporter asked a country adolescent, "Do you usually dream?" "No, I only have nightmares,"...

Paulo Freire, the Brazilian educationist, was one of the most influential philosophers of his generation. He was born into a middle-class Catholic family in Recife in north-eastern Brazil in 1921. Despite the relative wealth of his family, he experienced poverty during the Depression...

The citizens of Brazil fall into two categories, the haves and the have-nots. Education is a major influence in this split. Paulo Freire sought to change this class structure by promoting his problem-posing method of education.