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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 does critical thinking help to analyzes, according to Friere?

2. Does one have to live in a tyrannical state to be oppressed?

3. What is pedagogy?

4. In what school of thought can the ideas of the book be placed?

5. What is Mr Giddy's view on education?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of critical thought to the author?

2. Who was Paulo Friere?

3. How can we oppose oppressive pedagogies?

4. What is the Fear of Freedom?

5. Who was Erich Fromm?

6. Is Friere's revolution a violent one?

7. What is a pedagogy?

8. How do the Oppressors characterize the Oppressed?

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

10. What is the purpose of critical pedagogy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Are traditional methods of education oppressive?

Essay Topic 2

Freire describes oppression as "violence." Is societal oppression based on historical and economic factors violence? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Friere's idea of the Generative and the Thematic Universe. How does it work, according to Friere, and what would be good examples of this in today’s society?

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