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Paulo Freire was an educator and philosopher from Brazil. His work throughout his life had an evident interest in the education system with some of his original works being in adult literacy. Cultural Action for Freedom by Paulo Freire is a series of two articles that Freire wrote in 1970 and which appeared in the Harvard Educational Review. The two articles discuss much of Freire’s original ideas relating to education and human rights. Adult literacy and education in Freire’s view is far more than a simple combining of techniques and ideas but instead a more advanced area of knowing and understanding that has countless benefits. These benefits being not only to the individual but to the surrounding community and the economy that surrounds the individual. Without education there is little area for growth and improvement. Paulo Freire understood this and chose to express it further in a series of theories that this piece of writing will explore. This piece of writing will also look at and consider the context of Cultural Action for Freedom, it will also briefly consider Freire’s history and what led to these ideas. Ultimately by combining these two ideas, the exploration of the importance of adult literacy and education will be the forefront of this article.
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Some thoughts concerning education – John Locke
Locke, J., 1970. Some thoughts concerning education, 1693. Scolar Press.
This book is based on what is referred to as the education of gentleman. The idea that of education of the man should be done through the development of health, body, appropriate academic curriculum, and the formation of a virtuous character is the main basis of the argument throughout. As evidence of this claim the author argues for the notion of a man’s brain being a blank slate at first without ideas that therefore needed to be filled. The key concepts of this are through Locke’s theory of the mind by this the author comments ‘a mans mind directs not wisely, will never take the right way’ (Locke, 1970). A strength of this argument is that the consideration of continuingly fillings one’s brain with knowledge and new learning leaves little doubt of the importance of education. Limitations of this argument do include that it is majority based on the education of men and not all genders, being from 1693 however, there is little surprise here. Reading parts of this book has allowed me to consider one of the earlier assessments of adult literacy and education while considering the impact this may have had on Paulo Freire and his works.
Philosophical foundations of adult education – JL Elias, SB Merriam, FL Malabar – 2005
Elias, J.L. and Merriam, S.B., 2005. Philosophical foundations of adult education. Malabar, FL.
This paper considers the notion of more than one area being key in the education process. These authors suggest that the role of the educator is just as important as the role of the student. The student must be just as invested as the educator to reap the benefits that can be brought from education and learning. Considering this claim the authors consider seven different perspectives that can or have influenced adult education. The key ideas here acknowledge philosophical reasonings behind the accumulation of adult education. A strength of this argument is that it is filling a more extensive area of adult education with reasoning for how to better it or the process needed to accumulate it. A weakness of this argument is that it does not completely consider those who the book is aimed at and sometimes appears to overcomplicate some areas. Reading this summary of this article has allowed for a different perspective of education that involves philosophical perspectives, this also includes some of Freire’s work and linking of ideas.
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