Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-167) and index.
Reading Freire -- Knowledge, dialogue, and humanization: exploring Freire's philosophy -- Ethics, politics, and pedagogy: Freire on liberating education -- Freirean adult literacy education -- Extending literate horizons: Freire and the multidimensional word -- Critiques of Freire's modernism -- Defending Freirean intervention -- Rethinking conscientization.
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A critical introduction to the work of Paulo Friere. The author adopts a holistic approach in exploring the ontological, epistemological, ethical and pedagogical dimensions of Freire's thought, and discusses his approach to adult literacy education.