Freire, Paulo - Pedagogy of the Oppressed.pdf
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Freire, Paulo - Pedagogy of the Oppressed.pdf
Fundamentally then, school and all educative experiences must empower the learner to think freely about the complex world around them, and thus should be a liberator of oppression, not the reinforcer of it.
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