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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a critical consciousness?

2. What is phenomenology?

3. What does Friere think the true goal of education is?

4. Why did Mr. Giddy hold his specific view on education?

5. Why does Frier use the example of Mr. Giddy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Fear of Freedom?

2. What does it mean to be humanized?

3. What is the purpose of critical pedagogy?

4. How can we oppose oppressive pedagogies?

5. Who was Mr. Giddy?

6. What does Paulo Friere want to change about the education system?

7. Which thinker came up with the term necrophilous?

8. How do the Oppressors characterize the Oppressed?

9. What is a necrophilous personality?

10. What is a pedagogy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Freire argues that to help oppressed people, one must enter into solidarity with them, and in effect, join the Oppressed; otherwise, any help is false generosity and counterproductive charity. Do you agree? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of Friere's own upbringing and place of birth on Friere's thought.

Essay Topic 3

How does Erich Fromm characterize the necrophilous personality, and what would be its opposite and relevance to Friere's work?

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