7: AN EXPERT OF MY CAREER

Paulo Freire was a Brazilian educator, supporter of liberating pedagogy and putting  into 

practice an education that transforms the structure of society. He was linked to 

politics in various countries such as: Brazil, Africa, Bolivia, Chile. 

In 1997 he died, days before his death he himself still debated about the new 

perspectives of education in the world. His pedagogical thinking continues today. 

It is considered that his contributions on emancipatory critical literacy.

Critical pedagogy is a field of teaching and research that has had Freire as its main driver. 

According to him education is a vital weapon for the liberation of the people and the 

transformation of society and therefore acquires a clearly defined ideological and political connotation. The main thing to be an educator is to recognize that knowledge is not transmitted, 

it is being built, the educational act does not consist of a transmission of knowledge, it is the enjoyment of the construction of a common world.

He has written many books as I believe that all people who are related to education and 

pedagogy should read them:

- Pedagogy of the oppressed.

- Pedagogy of autonomy (my favorite)

- Pedagogy of hope

- Letters to those who intend to teach

- Pedagogy of outrage

I would also like to mention Gabriela Mistral, who had a contribution to the Latin 

American pedagogy, public and democratic, who mentioned that teaching should always 

be done: in the playground and on the street as in the classroom. Teach with the attitude, the 

gesture and the word.