What are the main ideas in Freires Pedagogy of the Oppressed? How can we apply this theory to our own work as activists working toward social justice and social change?

Mode: Critical Review 

Weight: 30% 

Length: 900 words (+/-10%) 

Type of Collaboration: Individual 

Due: Week 4, 11:59 pm 13th August 2021 

Submission: TurnitinFormat

Question: What are the main ideas in Freires Pedagogy of the Oppressed?How can we apply this theory to our own work as activists working toward social justice andsocial change? 

Essay must reflect upon personal examples where relevant. Text will be written in third person until drawing upon personal examples which will be in first person.

Freire, P., 2000, Chapter 1, The justification for a pedagogy of the oppressed in Pedagogyof the Oppressed, Continuum, New York, pp. 43-69. (This chapter is attatched as a file – this chapter is what the review will be based on: please reference this source throughout essay)

– An example of this essay attempted is attached to help work off of as a guide. (scored high marks)

Structuring your Critical Review: 

First, answer this question: 1. What are the main ideas of Freires Pedagogy of theOppressed?Introduce your argument with a brief outline of the aspects of Freires writing that you foundmost relevant and inspiring. This need only be a short paragraph (200 words). 

Then, answer the following question: 2. How can we apply this theory to our own work asactivists working towards social justice and social change? (700 words).

 Understanding theories of social change and applying these theories is what this unit is allabout. You need to think about how we use theory to underpin our involvement in bringingabout social change through collective action. Freire is concerned with social inequality,oppression and how to transform our world. He urges us to unveil oppression and throughpraxis commit to transformation and fight to be human, to take away the oppressors powerto oppress. He encourages us to think about the ways the system creates, reinforces, andperpetuates the power of the oppressors, through dehmumanising the oppressed. The onlyway society can be transformed is if the oppressed lead the way. We need to understandand use experiences of powerlessness, exploitation and inequality and work collectively fortransformative action to regain humanity and ultimately freedom.

 The following readings demonstrate the ways that others have been inspired and drawn ofFreires work. In the reading below, Smith powerfully demonstrates how First Nations peoplehave taken up this challenge and are leading us all towards social transformation. Sheassists us to think about the ways we can understand colonisation and the impact on FirstNations peoples and how we can listen, join, and act towards collective transformation. TheFalzon reading, demonstrates ways of framing our work towards transformation. Theseauthors demonstrate by example, how you can apply these theories to your own work. 

Falzon, J., 2019, Empathy is more useful than fear in the fight for progress, The Guardian,https://www.theguardian.com/australianews/2019/jul/04/empathy-ismore-useful-than-fear-in-thefight-forprogress 

Smith, L.T., 2012, Imperialism, History, writing and theory, in Decolonizing methodologies: Research andIndigenous people (2nd ed.) Zed books, London UK, pp 19-41.

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