Echoes from Freire for a Critically Engaged Pedagogy

In this concise and accessible text Peter Mayo outlines some of the major concepts in Freire's praxis. In pursuit of a critically engaging pedagogy Mayo compares Freire's work with a range of other thinkers and educators including Lorenzo Milani Antonia Darder John Dewey Margaret Ledwith Antonio Gramsci and Henry Giroux.<br/><br/>Chapters in the book include discussions of the State's role in education - specifically higher education; a critical analysis of the dominant discourse in education centering on 'competences' and the type of slant this discourse takes; a study of adult education through a Freirean lens; an historical view of Nicaragua's Freire-inspired literacy and popular education campaigns of 1980; a fresh perspective on the role of social movements in the contexts of social transformation; a new analysis of the relevance of Freirean concepts for transformative research and an exploration of educators as intellectuals and social actors.<br/><br/>The result is a compelling study of how Paulo Freire's writings continue to resonate around the world and of how we must continue to apply and interpret them anew.