Teaching Philosophy

The Brazilian educator and philosopher Paulo Freire states in his book Pedagogy of the Oppressed that “Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which people* deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.” I hope that the topics and information covered in this course will support you to think critically about the present world we live in and begin to carve out your own analysis of the systems, customs, and “common sense” that exists in our current realities.