Understanding Paulo Freire's Work as Autobiographical Text

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Abstract

In studying Paulo Freire, looking for a deeper understanding of his oeuvre, I attempt to develop a reading of Freire’s work as a biographical text. I argue that Freire’s work can be better understood when read as an autobiographical text; a biographical reflection about his own educational experience both as a student-educator and as an educator-student. Underlying this endeavor, it is my own educational experience as a doctoral student in the field of curriculum; an experience in which the American and Latin American educational traditions collide in a complicated conversation both biographical and historical. I put Freire at the center of that conversation.

Author

• Daniel Fernando Johnson Mardones, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign