Paulo Freire and Transformative Education
Changing Lives and Transforming Communities
Editors: Melling, Alethea, Pilkington, Ruth (Eds.)
Free Preview- Unifies global and local themes inspired by the work of Paulo Freire
- Emphasises the responsibility to intervene in reality as educators
- Includes a Foreword by Nita Freire
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- About this book
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This book brings together a range of global and local themes inspired by the work of Paulo Freire. Freire believed in the possibility of change, rejecting the neoliberal discourse that presents poverty as inevitable: his core principle emphasised the prerogative of transforming the world, rather than adapting to an unethical world order. This responsibility to intervene in reality as educators is explored in detail in this edited collection. Including such diverse themes as pedagogical approaches to globalisation, social mobility, empowerment and valuing diversity within communities, the volume is highly relevant to pedagogical practice. Sharing the transformative power of ‘being’ through popular education and the solidarity economy, this innovative book will be of interest to scholars of Paulo Freire, transformative education and diversity in education.
- About the authors
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Alethea Melling is the Director of the Centre for Volunteering and Community Leadership at the University of Central Lancashire, UK, and Visiting Professor at the University of Gujurat, Pakistan. Working internationally as well as locally, she focuses on the development of emancipatory community pedagogy.
Ruth Pilkington is visiting Professor to the Centre for HE Research and Practice, University of Ulster, UK, and a Professorial Fellow at Liverpool Hope University, UK. Her approach to teaching and learning focuses on a dialogic approach using processes of deliberative reflection and the concept of critical professionalism.
- Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-11
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Chapter 1.1: The Relevance of Freire for the Post-2015 International Debate on Development and Education and the Role of Popular Education
Pages 15-27
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Chapter 1.2: Paulo Freire and the Politics of Disposability: Creating Critical Dissent Dialogue
Pages 29-42
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Chapter 1.3: Pedagogic Challenges to the Hegemony of Neo-liberal Business and Management Teaching
Pages 43-56
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Chapter 1.4: Researching to Transgress and Transform
Pages 57-67
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Paulo Freire and Transformative Education
- Book Subtitle
- Changing Lives and Transforming Communities
- Editors
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- Alethea Melling
- Ruth Pilkington
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-54250-2
- DOI
- 10.1057/978-1-137-54250-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-54249-6
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXXIII, 272
- Number of Illustrations
- 3 b/w illustrations
- Topics
