ABOUT THE EDUCATION OF THE “OPPRESSED” FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PAULO FREIRE

Abstract

This text aims to outline some notes on Freirean Pedagogy and Philosophy in the context of Brazilian public education. Paulo Freire (Paulo Reglus Neves Freire, 1921-1997) was one of the great educators in world Education, devising methodologies that could make the vulnerable population literate and critically literate. His Liberating Pedagogy was not only a way of teaching literacy to the oppressed, but also a philosophical exercise of revealing the reasons for the social situations that these oppressed people went through. This research is based on a bibliographic contributions and is of a qualitative nature, with some selected authors: Bessa (2008); Foucault (1981/2018); Freire (1997a, 1997b, 2013, 2015); Rodrigues (2017, 2019, 2018, 2022, 2024), among others. Our research into Freire's works reveals the unique relevance and current importance of Paulo Freire's thoughts for Brazil and the entire developed and developing world, leading to the finding of “simple” solutions to persistent structural educational problems in the most vulnerable societies.

DOI: 10.56238/edimpacto2025.046-001