Pedagogy in Process | Paulo Freire

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Pedagogy in Process presents a first-hand account of the most comprehensive attempt yet to put into practice Paulo Freires theory of education within a real societal setting. When Guinea Bissau on the West African coast declared independence in 1973 the rate of illiteracy in its adult population was ninety percent. The new government faced the enormous task of educating its citizens. With Freire as collaborator and advisor the government launched a huge grass-roots literacy campaign and this book is Freires memoir of that campaign. Those familiar with Freires work will identify his ongoing…