WHAT IS
CRITICAL PEDAGOGY?
} In 1968 Freire
published his most famous book, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, where he
outlined the characteristics of what he called Critical Pedagogy.
What is Critical Pedagogy?
} Critical pedagogy
is a teaching approach which attempts to help students question and challenge
domination, and the beliefs and practices that dominate them.
} It tries to help students become critically
conscious.
Key Objectives of Critical Pedagogy
} Including the
excluded
} One of the key objectives of critical
pedagogy is to allow students to gain the necessary social skills to allow them
to actively participate in a
transformed & inclusive democratic community.
} When you can identify the sources of power,
recognize your own position in relation to power and understand the political
nature of what you learn you can develop your own social actions.
} Critical pedagogy seeks to give those who
have been excluded from power the right and ability to have an input into civic
life.
Banking concept of education
} Students are empty
vessels to be filled by the teacher
} Follows oppressive
attitudes and practices
End of
“Banking System” of Education
} Students should not be viewed as an empty
“account” to be filled in by the teacher.
} Teachers should know that students have life
experiences and their own knowledge that is key in shaping their education and
learning.
} Good schools do not blame students for their
failures or strip students of the knowledges they bring to the classroom.
Culture of
silence
} A characteristic of
oppressed people in colonial countries who do not have a voice in their
society.
} The dominant
culture silenced the oppressed
Dialogical
method
} Abandon lectures
} Open communication
among teacher and students
} All teach and all
learn
§
a teacher who learns and
§
a learner who teaches
Humanization
} The vocation of
each individual is to become more fully human, configured as an emancipation
from oppression
} Alleviation of
Poverty
Libratory education
} Raises students
consciousness, preparing them to engage in larger social struggle for
liberation
Conscientization
} Learning to
perceive social, political and economic contradictions
} Developing a
critical awareness
} So that individual
can take action against the oppressive elements
Praxis
Paulo Freire defines praxis in Pedagogy of the
Oppressed as
"reflection and action upon the world in order to transform it."
Through praxis, oppressed people can acquire a critical awareness of their own
condition and with their allies struggle for liberation.
} Power and know how
to take action against oppression
Characteristics of Critical Pedagogy
} Anti-Colonial
} Indigenous
Knowledge
} Awareness on the
Political Nature of Education
} Justice &
Equality in Education
} Lessen Human
Suffering
} End of “Banking
System” of Education
} Promote
Emancipation & Intellectual Growth
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