Issues in Focus: Linguistic Roots of Cultural Invasion in Paulo Freire's Pedagogy.

Bowers, C. A.

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Publication Date: 1983

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Issues in Focus: Linguistic Roots of Cultural Invasion in Paulo Freire's Pedagogy.

Bowers, C. A.

Teachers College Record, v84 n4 p935-53 Sum 1983

Paulo Freire's educational philosophy is analyzed to illustrate how attempts to liberate pedagogy from cultural domination can themselves become culturally specific and hegemonic. Freire takes for granted Western assumptions about individualism, progress, and secularization, although he hoped to liberate traditional cultures from culturally dominated attitudes. (PP)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Anthropological Linguistics, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Individualism, Literacy Education, Non Western Civilization, Social Change, Sociolinguistics, Western Civilization

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