PAULO FREIRE'S PEDAGOGY AND ITS RELEVANCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT

Abstract

This article explores Paulo Freire's contributions to critical education, focusing on his works "The Importance of the Act of Reading" (1981) and "Pedagogy of Hope" (1992). The introduction highlights Freire's legacy as a central reference for emancipatory education, underscoring the importance of listening, critical awareness, and transformative practice. The objective of the study is to analyze how Freire's ideas continue to be a relevant tool to face contemporary educational challenges, such as the commodification of education and the precariousness of teaching work. The article reaffirms the relevance of Freire's theories for the construction of a critical and emancipatory education. The ideas of active hope and critical awareness are seen as central to promoting social justice and equality, making Freire's pedagogy indispensable in the fight against oppression and social inequalities. The methodology used was a qualitative bibliographic research, which consisted of analyzing Freire's main works and highlighting their implications in the current context. The research emphasizes the relationship between the reading of the world and the reading of the word, proposing education as a political act of transformation.