Recife, Brazil’s prodigal pedagogue son, Paulo Freire was born into, lived and died during critical times not just in his native country but around the world where harsh economic times, political instability and globalization were, and still are, causing severe dehumanization, injustice and incessant marginalization of its inhabitants particularly minorities. Freire’s lifetime revered work, with his plethora of pedagogies, have transcended borders and changed, not just educational systems but triggered social change as well. His ethical philosophies range in colors but all forming part of the same spectrum of enlightenment for Brazilians and the world; being more.
Paulo Freire was one of the most admired Latin American educators, thinkers, philosophers, linguists of Portuguese and dreamers, as he would state, of the 20th century. Born September 19, 1921 in the Casa Amarela neighborhood of Recife, he says about his upbringing:
Joaquin Temistocles Freire, from Rio Grande of the North, officer of the military Police of Pernambuco, spiritualist, though not member of religious groups, good, intelligent, capable of loving: my father. Edeltruvis Neves Freire, from Pernambuco, Catholic, sweet, good, just: my mother…With them I learned that dialogue that I have procured to continue with the world, with men, with God, with my wife, with my kids. The respect of my father for my mother’s beliefs taught me, from infancy, to respect the opinions of others…The economic crisis of 1929 obligated my family to move to Jaboatao, where it seemed less difficult to live…In Jaboatao I lost my father. In Jaboatao I experienced what hunger is and understood what hunger for the rest is. In Jaboatao, still a child, I became a man thanks to pain and ...
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...is writings are imbued with the language of liberation that came from the waves of progressives of Catholicism, which emerge the theology of liberation. Its Christian engagement is explicit, combining them with a vision and Marxist comprehension of history.
In summary, Freire, like a man of his times, in contemplating and living the traumas and difficulties that cross the great majority of farmers of Brazil, -fruit of an alienating education that takes its people to live in conditions of misery and exploitation through passiveness and silence, where popular culture was unappreciated and should be substituted by the dominant class-, proposes that man should participate in the transformation of the world through a new education that will help him be more critical of his reality and take him to value his experience like something filled with real worth; being more.
Catholicism glorifies and portrays mothers as the main foundation of the family through the example of the passive and unconditional loving Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. This idea of mothers as unconditional loving beings has been passed on and reproduced in the Chicana/o community. Gil Cuadros and Reyna Grande, through their autobiographical work, testify against this predominate idea of mothers being always caring and loving persons. Even though most mothers fall into the norm of a normal mother, normality is subjective; therefore Cuadros and Grande’s work represent the complexities of reality. Grande’s The Distance Between Us and Cuadro’s City of God are autobiographical narratives that incorporate reality as a form of testimonial of existence, an act of healing and resilience.
Francisco Pizarro was born in 1476 in Trujillo, Spain. Pizarro grew up not knowing how to read. His dad, Captain Gonzalo, was a poor farmer and his mom, Francisca González was a from a humble heritage. In 1510, Pizarro joined Spanish explorer Alonzo de Ojeda on a journey to Urabá, Colombia. In 1522, Francisco Pizarro tried to explore South America. While ...
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The Sanchez Family is a large family that emigrated to the United States of America from Mexico. The family is deeply rooted in the Catholic faith and retains their Mexican culture. The family members that this case analysis will focus on are Hector Sanchez and his daughter, Gloria Sanchez. This analysis will provide a review of the family members and how each lens and theory is related to the family member and their presenting concerns.
The purpose of this paper is to recognize, study and analyze the race relations in Brazil. Race relations are relations between two groups of different races; it is how these two different races connect to each other in their environment. Since Brazil is racially diverse, this study is focused on how Brazilians relate to each other. Throughout the essay, it will become clear that there exists a conflict between two race groups. Afro-Brazilians and White-Brazilians are not connected and though these two groups converse with each other, discrimination still lies within the society. This discrimination has created inequality within the society for Afro-Brazilians. Thus, this paper will not only focus on racism and discrimination that Afro-Brazilians experience because of White-Brazilian, but also on the history of Brazil, the types if discrimination that Afro-Brazilian must endure today and how the media creates discrimination.
Independently, as one grows in age, their actions should make a daily reflection to God. In “A Theology of Liberation,” Gutierrez avers that, "The present life is considered to be a test: one’s actions are judged and assessed in relation to the transcendent end. The perspective here is moralistic, and the spirituality is one of flight from this world...
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Gabriel García Márquez was born in Arcataca, a town in Colombia on march 6 ,1928. Gabriel was brought up by his grandparents until the age of 8 because of the death of his grandfather. Gabriel returned to live with his parents only for some time before getting sent to boarding school where he got a scholarship at the age of 14 to a secondary school nearby Bogota which is located in Zipaquira. He went to the National University of Colombia in Bogotá where he studied law for awhile but he disliked it. Gabriel wanted to begin career in journalism. Although, Gabriel Garcia kept getting more education and even began to write his own portions of journalism, he never finished his degree. later 1950, Gabriel García Márquez moved to Barranquilla where he wrote columns for El Heraldo, meaning the newaspaper. Shortly after this, Gabriel García Márquez famous writing began to take hold.Gabriel Márquez wrote his first novel called La Hojarasca or The Leaf Storm. In 1954 Gabriel went back to Bogotá , there He found work at El Espectador as a reporter and film reviewer where he came up with the story of the Shipwrecked Sailor.In Europe, the government closed El Espectador, This caused Gabriel to be reduced to poverty. Gabriel worked during the days, because of lack of money for future plans and spent his nights writing fiction. In 1958, Gabriel married Mercedes Barcha Pardothey had Their first son in 1959.
Catholicism glorifies and represents mothers as the main foundation of the family through the example of the passive and unconditional loving Mary, the mother of Jesus Crist. This idea of the mother as unconditional lover beings has been passed on and reproduced in the Chicana/o community. Gil Cuadros and Reyna Grande through their autobiographical work testify against this predominate idea of the mothers being caring and loving persons. Even though most mothers fall into the norm of a normal mother, normality is subjective, therefore Cuadros and Grande’s work represent the complexities of reality. Grande’s The Distance Between Us and Cuadro’s City of God are autobiographical narratives that incorporate reality as a form of testimonial of existence, an act of healing and resilience. Given that these author’s life experiences can be
Chapter 2 of the Pedagogy of the Oppressed” unfolds a lot like a reel of film: one idea, one observation, flowing seamlessly, one thought to the next, straightforward and natural in its progression. It begins in such a way that it appears to be simply another indictment of education, only if that is as far as you manage to read into it, then you are barely scratching the surface. Paulo Freire’s piece starts life as a rather straightforward critique of education and then quickly expands into a larger understanding of education’s role in the nature of oppression.
Globally, a great amount of emphasis is placed on education as it enforces and allows for social change. According to Freire (1993), it is through education that people learn to observe, understand, criticize and transform the world around them. Hence, the endeavour towards education is that it should become emancipatory thereby enabling one to be free from the control or restraint of another. Paulo Freire presented his theories surrounding the system of oppression that exists in society and its impact on education through his book, Pedagogy of the Oppressed. This essay will provide an outline on incidents that have occurred during my educational experiences and how they relate to Freire’s theory on pedagogy of the oppressed. The discussion
Freire, P. (1970). Pedagogy of the oppressed. (30 ed.). New York: The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc.
Education is the core of humanity and its teaching has been mistreated. Based on Paulo Freire’s theory, education has been torn apart from its truthful purpose. It is now used to alienate human beings instead of promoting unity. Throughout this chapter, Chapter 2 in Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, he concentrates in the teacher-student relationship in classrooms. He sees education as information that is being passed on or “banked” from teachers to students. This is what Freire refers to his concept of “banking education”. He also introduces numerous examples and other diverse concepts in his philosophy; for example, his proposition to confront the “banking” concept, the problem-posing education. Therefore, there is no need to search any further for what Paulo Freire illustrates as evident. Education is in crisis and it is up to the people in society to decide if they want to change it or not. Dropouts, illiteracy, violence and drug abuse in schools are some of the realistic reasons that prove the poverty of educational systems. Our society can benefit from Paulo Freire’s philosophy of education because the proposal he presents, problem-solving education, allows Puertorricans of all social classes to develop certain critical abilities which could, at any time, be used to defend themselves in any kind of social, political, or cultural environment. A method based on identifying, analyzing and taking action upon all kind of problems has to be developed in order to become liberated.
Paulo Freire, and educator from Brazil, preached a style of learning that raised many questions and confrontations. He spoke of rising to the needs of the oppressed and our duty to give them the education they need to succeed. He believed in having the poor rise together and make themselves known. He saw it as the job of those who are educated to take to the impoverished and enlighten them by means of an equal, one on one relationship, where dialogue is stressed. He also saw the importance of venturing into the world and gaining life experience. All of these components represent the Freireian model of education, a style being noted by many top educators.
In a book “A Liberation Theology” writer Gustavo Gutierrez, Gustavo Gutierrez argues that salvation of both political and spiritual liberation, and that Christianity requires a preferential option for the poor. Also Gutierrez says that Liberation theology argues justification on the image of Jesus. Jesus is called “Christ the Liberator” because he was obedient to the father and attempted to end world suffering and was willing to die for his friends.