Stephen Downes

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The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy has a new article on Paulo Freire. The article emphasizes the influences of Hegel and Marx on Freire, as well as that of his parents. "His early ideas were of cooperative decision-making, social participation, and political responsibility.  Freire did not see education as merely a way to master academic standards or skills that would help a person professionally. Instead, he cared that learners understood their social problems and that they discovered themselves as creative agents."

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