Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Part I

It has been quite some time since I’ve written in this venue, and quite a lot has happened in the interval. Not least, the renewal of public debate over race and racism in the aftermath of many more unjust deaths of Black people in the United States. I am glad that my history department at…

Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Part II

So I’ve found some time to finish reading Paolo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed. I wrote about my initial reactions to chapters one and two in Part I. These final two chapters of the book are less suited, perhaps, to a traditional educational setting–that is why it is so radical. These sections deal mostly with…