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Paulo Freire s Revolutionary Approach to Literacy Still Threatens Those in Power
The new documentary Reading the World reveals how teaching literacy in Brazil became a struggle for political power.
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In 1963, Brazilian educator Paulo Freire helped launch a revolutionary literacy campaign in the impoverished northeastern Brazilian town of Angicos, where hundreds of rural workers learned to read and write in just 40 hours of instruction. Freire’s approach was about much more than literacy. Rather than emphasizing memorization and repetition, he developed “Culture Circles” where participants…
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