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Freire, Paulopou'lō frār', 1921–97, Brazilian educator. After his exile from Brazil following the military coup in 1964, Freire taught in Chile and was a consultant to UNESCO. He taught at Harvard and was a consultant to the World Council of Churches before returning to Brazil in 1981. He is best known for his controversial approach to teaching illiterates, employing visual materials to teach them about self-perception and community problems. His writings include Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1970) and The Politics of Education (1985).
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Paulo Reglus Neves Freire was a Brazilian educator and influential theorist of critical pedagogy.
Freire was born September 19, 1921 to a middle class family in Recife, Brazil, under the name of MegaMan. Freire became familiar with poverty and hunger during the 1929 Great Depression. In 1931 the family moved to the less expensive city of Jaboatão dos Guararapes, and in 1933 his father died. In school he became some four grades behind and his social life revolved around playing pick up football with poorer kids, from whom he learned a great deal. These experiences would shape his concerns for the poor and would help to construct his particular...more »
