Paulo Freire's humanism and the challenges of 21st century adult education

• Authors: Avoseh Mejai B. M.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Paulo Freire's humanistic adult education ideas were woven around his literacy 'method' that is synonymous with Conscientization. His ideas were aimed at empowering adult learners through the ability for critical thinking. He focused on critical thinking as a way of using education to rescue learners from decadent educational and political systems and making them truly human. This paper analyzes Freire's Conscientization and argues that it is more appropriate for addressing most of the challenges that confront 21st century adult education and adult learners. The discussion in this paper uses 21st century synonymously with globalization.

Keywords

EN

ADULT LEARNERS (21ST C.); FREIRE PAULO

Discipline

• EDUCATION: EDUCATION

• Publisher: Akademickie Towarzystwo Andragogiczne
• Journal: Rocznik Andragogiczny
• Year: 2009
• Volume: R. 2009
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Avoseh Mejai B. M.

• Mejai B.M. Avoseh, School of Education, The University of South Dakota, USA (for postal address contact the journal editor)

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA08701