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In this chapter, we examine Freire’s pedagogy through his utilization of Aristotelian ideas about humanism and their relationship to reason, education, and conscientização. Freire’s pedagogical ideas are discussed in detail and we consider how he fostered humanization as an educational and ontological objective. In many respects, our own intellectual and pedagogical practice, our philosophies of education, if you will, are directly indebted to Freire, but we have recreated and recast some of his ideas to comport with our contextual instructional circumstances. We begin by examining humanization and ontology as general education objectives since they are crucial components in Freire’s pedagogical philosophy.
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Dale, J., Hyslop-Margison, E.J. (2011). Pedagogy of Humanism. In: Paulo Freire: Teaching for Freedom and Transformation. Explorations of Educational Purpose, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9100-0_3
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