Freire and Education

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"Paulo Friere is considered to be one of the most influential educational philosophers of the twentieth century. Within many progressive circles, he would be considered the most important radical educational philosopher of our times, given his contribution to a revolutionary understanding of education and his certainty and faith that education can function as one of the most significant empowering and democratizing forces in the lives of the disenfranchised. In this deeply personal introduction to the man,and his ideas and their contribution to ideas of progressive schooling, Antonia Darder reflects on her personal memories of time spent with Freire and his influence on her own work"-- Provided by publisher