The
addition of the information read from the website both further confused and
enriched our understanding of Freire’s writings. The continuation of the theme
of there not being much middle ground is present. He tends to take an either/or
approach to oppression in education. Either the students and teachers are being
oppressed, or they endorse the oppression. Freire writes about liberating people
through peaceful discussion and the corruption of the education system. He
considers it detrimental to the educational experience. Friere goes deeper than
analyzing, he criticizes.
“A careful analysis of the teacher-student relationship at any level, inside or
outside the school..”
“Second,
Paulo Freire tends to argue in an either/or way. We are either with the
oppressed or against them. This may be an interesting starting point for
teaching, but taken too literally it can make for rather simplistic (political)
analysis.”
