Freirean didactics: reliving the pedagogy of the oppressed

Abstract

This article is the result of our practice with Freirian Didactics and wants to be an advance in the reflection on the process of reinventing the Paulo Freire Method. For that, we have as theoretical and practical basis three nuances: Liberation Theology, Liberating Education and the Philosophy of Liberation, considering these three sources as a reference for the production of a Latin American epistemology that is at the base of Freire’s práxis in the production of Pedagogy of the Oppressed. From a methodological point of view, we will describe three ways of using Freirian Didactics in different pedagogical spaces and situations, whether at school, university or in non-formal and informal spaces, they are: pedagogical strategy, educational path and “toolbox”. Although created a short time ago, Freirian Didactics have shown themselves to have the potential to reinvent the Paulo Freire Method, based on the theoretical contributions of Pedagogy of the Oppressed.