Critical Pedagogy Quotes

“Freedom is acquired by conquest, not by gift. It must be pursued constantly and responsibly. Freedom is not an ideal located outside of man; nor is it an idea which becomes myth. It is rather the indispensable condition for the quest for human completion.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

“Only that education deserves emphatically to be termed cultivation of the mind which teaches young people how to begin to think.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

“People tend to say "I like independent thinkers but they must think what i want them to think independently”
― rassool jibraeel snyman

“To some people critical thinking means you mustn't be critical of them only others”
― rassool jibraeel snyman

“To some people independent thought is heresy and critical thought blasphemy”
― rassool jibraeel snyman

“To some people independent though is heresy and critical thought blasphemy”
― rassool jibraeel snyman

“This movement of inquiry must be directed towards humanization -- the people's historical vocation. The pursuit of full humanity, however, cannot be carried out in isolation or individualism, but only in fellowship and solidarity; therefore it cannot unfold in the antagonistic relations between oppressors and oppressed. No one can be authentically human while he prevents others from being so. Attempting to be more human, individualistically, leads to having more, egotistically, a form of dehumanization. Not that it
is not fundamental to have in order to be human. Precisely because it is necessary, some men's having must not be allowed to constitute an obstacle to others' having, must not consolidate the power of the former to
crush the latter.”
― Paulo Friere

“The exciting aspect of creating a classroom community where there is respect for individual voices is that there is infinitely more feedback because students do feel free to talk — and talk back. And, yes, often this feedback is critical. Moving away from the need for immediate affirmation was crucial to my growth as a teacher. I learned to respect that shifting paradigms or sharing knowledge in new ways challenges; it takes time for students to experience that challenge as positive.”
― bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

“...we are partisan in favor of our own children and grandchildren, who we hope can live in a world that doesn't poison them when they drink the water, breathe the air, or make a living.”
― Bill Bigelow

“The world as it was, is, or will be, is beyond common sense, beyond natural understanding: it must be taught.”
― Masood Ashraf Raja, Critical Pedagogy and Global Literature: Worldly Teaching

“(...) to be human is to
be with humans. Humans are not merely in the world, they are
with it and with one another.”
― Joseph Betz

“Si estoy a favor de la libertad, de la apertura, necesito saber usar las invenciones tecnológicas a mi favor, como instrumento de crecimiento de mi curiosidad en torno de la propia libertad, y no como instrumento domesticador de mis anhelos y mis deseos”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogia da tolerância

“One hundred years before the present government existed, a powerful leader, Sir William Berkeley, governor of Virginia, stated his views in clear, unflinching terms. "I thank God," he said, that "there are no free schools nor printing [in this land]. For learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing hath divulged them...God save us from both!”
― Jonathan Kozol, Illiterate America

“Inclusive education principles advocate for learning environments that embrace and celebrate diversity and foster a sense of belonging and equity among all students.”
― Asuni LadyZeal

“By integrating theories like Transformative Learning, Constructivism, Critical Pedagogy, and Experiential Learning, educators can create a transformative classroom environment where students are active participants in their own learning journey.”
― Asuni LadyZeal