Educação como prática da liberdade e pedagogia da autonomia: Paulo Freire : por uma educação humanizadora

Abstract

This study has as its object Paulo Freire¿s educational proposal and it was thought from the thematic conception of the constitution of the intellectual and his trajectory and political activism. This assertion reflects the political engagement of this thinker in educational cause, which leads us to the search for the answer to the following research problem/question: what was his intellectual trajectory that enabled him to formulate his postulates? Based on this reflection, the objective was to analyze his intellectual trajectory based on his works. For that, primary sources were consulted, that is, the books of this educational cause researcher, and secondary sources, that is, the works of authors who study or deal with adult education in Brazil. The methodology took place through a qualitative bibliographic research in which the aim was to understand Paulo Freire's intellectual path from the books Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Pedagogia do Oprimido); The Importance of the Act of Reading (A Importância do Ato de Ler) - in three complementing articles; Conscientization - Theory and Practice of Liberation - an introduction to Paulo Freire's thoughts (Conscientização - Teoria e prática da libertação - uma introdução ao pensamento de Paulo Freire), and, especially, in Education: The Practice of Freedom (Educação como Prática da Liberdade) and Pedagogy of Freedom (Pedagogia da Autonomia). These two last ones were chosen to compose the last chapter of this study because they are the first and last works of this intellectual, being a favorable place to understand the beginning and the end of his writing on the teaching and learning acts in a capitalist society. In this context, Paulo Freire's ideas confront bank education and humanizing education. The result of this confrontation was the birth of a conception of education which has as a principle the dialogue between men and women, cognizant subjects, capable of transforming themselves and the world through the systematized knowledge