Historical Context
Early Life
Beliefs
Works & Accomplishments
Later Life & Followers
Did He Bring Change?
100

This 19th century sociologist informed Paulo Freire's philosophy more than any other scholar 

Who is Karl Marx?

100
The country in which Paulo Freire was born

What is Brazil?

100

This educational philosophy comprises Paulo Freire's set of beliefs 

What is Critical Pedagogy?

100

This, Freire’s most famous work, has been translated into 17 languages.

What is Pedagogy of the Oppressed?

100

According to his obituary published in the Washington Post, Freire never lost the crusader fire. And at the time of his death in 1997 was preparing to teach courses at Rio's PUC University and this not so poor, $51,925 a year university.

What is Harvard?

100

Modern educators use Freire's theories to teach this emotion, defined as the ability to understand and share feelings of another, to those who are oppressed.

What is Empathy?

200

This Latin American political/religious movement is responsible for creating the cultural climate which nurtured Paulo Freire's beliefs 

What is Liberation Theology?

200

This event shaped the financial situation of Freire's early life

What is the Great Depression?

200

Paulo Freire believed this form of discipline led to internalization of authoritarian philosophy, an act he referred to as "the Pedagogy of Hitting"

What is Corporal Punishment?

200

In his native Brazil, Freire organized a popular movement to eradicate this type of learning deficiency, which means showing or marked by a lack of acquaintance with fundamentals of a particular field of knowledge.

What is Illiteracy?

200

Kinderculture believer Shirley Steinberg, whose work focuses on critical pedagogy, is the founder of the Freire Project, an organization dedicated to building an international critical community which works to promote this action defined as a relation of balance between individuals and society measured by comparing distribution of wealth differences from personal liberties to fair privilege opportunities

What is Social Justice?

200

Emma Stone never would have learned about Freire's accomplishments since House Bill 2281 led to a ban of his book for being too subversive and for its repeated reference of white people as oppressors in the Sun Devil State she was born.

What is Arizona?

300

This event in 1964 put an end to Paulo Freire's major literacy projects at the SESI

What is the 1964 Brazilian Coup detat?

300

The university Paulo Freire attended

What is the University of Recife?

300
Paulo Freire cites these two factors in growing up as the core elements that shaped his later beliefs 

What are growing up in poverty and growing up Christian? 

300

In an attempt to create a sense of political awareness, Freire taught those who couldn't read or write, who by law in Brazil were not allowed to partake in this yearly, US, November process.

What is Voting?

300

With its focus on liberation and oppression, Freire's "primary audience," according to his many critics, are these type of reactionary figures of social change.

What are Radicals?

300

Even with Freire's popularity and influence in change, modern education expert still believe the focus in American schools remains to be driven by these procedures intended to establish the quality, performance or reliability of something.

What are tests?

400

Paulo Freire would cite this relative as teaching him his earliest lessons about democracy and Brazilian politics? 

Who is Joao Monteiro?

400

The two educators who Freire cites as having the most impact on his educational development

Who are Eunice Vasconcelos and Cecilia Brandao?

400

Paulo Freire cites these two results as being what he got out of the two elements mentioned in the previous question

What is avoiding fatalism and not accepting suffering or misfortune as the part of god's plan? 

400

This, Freire's pedagogical approach he felt was a violent way to treat students, had nothing to do with saving pigs.

What is the banking method?

400

This Philly-born, universal grammar theorist was chomping at the bit when asked to contribute commentary in the 2018 edition of Freire's most famous work - calling the book, "an instrument for consciousness-raising, which will lead to change in institutions.”

Who is Noam Chomsky?

400

Many believe Freire's teaching methods can be labeled this type of political ideology that seeks to create a classless society.

What is Communism?

500

Paulo Freire quotes this contemporary psychiatrist/philosopher in Pedagogy of the Oppressed with the line "deep down. the oppressed internalizes the oppressor..."

Who is Frantz/Franz Fanon?
500

The High School Freire attended

Osvaldo Cruz School

500

According to Paulo Freire this is the best way an educator can be democratic while still maintaining the essential teacher-learner relationship 

What is to "take good care" of their authority by exercising it while respecting the freedom of the student? 

500

Freire proposed this mutual type of relationship between teacher and student that allows everyone to learn from each other.

What is Reciprocal?

500

While influenced by Freire's ideas, "she," who "hooked" people to the understanding that feminism is "rooted in neither fear not fantasy ... (but) a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression," was angered by Freire's use of male pronouns for pupils and teachers in his writing.

Who is Gloria Jean Watkins/bell hooks?

500

It would have been an easy "A" for Snoop Dog if Cal State professor A. Dee Williams was his teacher. In 2008, Williams used Freire's theories as an argument for this type of music to be integrated into the urban classroom to help teach literacy.

What is Hip-Hop or Rap?

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