Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Pedagogy of the Oppressed was written at the time of de-colonization of countries. It talks of internal de-colonization, that is believing that ‘we are less’. We require healing from internal de-colonization. I can relate to it as an Indian, for it runs in our blood still. There is an approach of ‘west is better’ in everything we do. We are still oppressed. The solution that Freire proposes is "Critical Literacy", interpreted as Critical Pedagogy by educators, that is a way of learning that liberates people from oppression. In education, “Banking education”( Freire, 1970) is oppressive education. Teachers lecturing and students accepting passively without any engagement or contribution or questioning is a part of banking education. There is no openness to dissent and hence it is un-democratic. ( Sampson, 2015). If students are not engaged in learning or participating, such an education is 1 way and hence a student’s mind is oppressed in the situation....