Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2001

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Covino, William A.

Abstract

Since the publication of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed , American educators have found use for his radical pedagogy that challenges traditional education practice. Freire considers current/traditional pedagogy to be "banking education"; he offers in its place a student-centered pedagogy in which both student and teacher participate in the process of learning. Freire's influence is most present in the field of composition studies where, in light of emerging postmodern theories, teachers find it necessary to alter Freire's work, but continue to value applications of his pedagogy such as dialogic classrooms, education for liberation, and problem-posing teaching. These processes and concepts, educators believe, assist in training American students for participation in democracy.

Extent

86 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT12872

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