Problem-posing Education Affirms Men And Women As

The Object Of A Dialogical-liberterian Action Is Not To 'dislodge' The Oppressed From A Mythological Reality In Order To 'bind' Them To Another Reality. On The Contrary, The Object Of Dialogical Action Is To Make It Possible For The Oppressed, By Perceiving Their Adhesion, To Opt To Transform An Unjust Reality." "in Order For The Oppressed To Unite They Must First Cut The Umbilical Cord Of Magic And Myth Which Binds Them To The World Of Oppression; The Unity Which Links Them To Each Other Must Be Of A Different Nature.

I Have Never Said, As Is Sometimes Believed, Or Even Suggested That Lower-class Children Should Not Learn The So-called Educated Norm Of The Portuguese Language Of Brazil. What I Have Said Is That The Problems Of Language Always Involve Ideological Questions And, Along With Them, Questions Of Power.

... There Are Moments In Which The Teacher, As The Authority Talks To The Learners, Says What Must Be Done, Establishes Limits Without Which The Very Freedom Of Learners Is Lost In Lawlessness, But These Moments, In Accordance With The Political Options Of The Educator, Are Alternated With Others In Which The Educator Speaks With The Learner.

How Can The Oppressed, As Divided, Unauthentic Beings, Participate In Developing The Pedagogy Of Their Liberation? Only As They Discover Themselves To Be 'hosts' Of The Oppressor Can They Contribute To The Midwifery Of Their Liberating Pedagogy. As Long As They Live In The Duality In Which To Be Is To Be Like And To Be Like Is To Be Like The Oppressor, This Contribution Is Impossible. The Pedagogy Of The Oppressed Is An Instrument For Their Critical Discovery That Both They And Their Oppressors Are Manifestations Of Dehumanization.

The Teacher Is No Longer Merely The-one-who-teaches, But One Who Is Him/herself Taught In Dialogue With The Students, Who In Turn While Being Taught Also Teach. They Become Jointly Responsible For A Process In Which All Grow.