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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in the author’s estimation, is a critical consciousness?

2. Why is dialogue so important to break these oppressive pedagogies?

3. Why are power structures necessarily bad, according to Friere?

4. What is tyranny?

5. Why do we need to become humanized, according to Friere?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Friere's revolution a violent one?

2. What is the difference between a revolutionary, a reactionary and a rebel?

3. What is a necrophilous personality?

4. What does critical thinking lead to, according to Friere?

5. What is the purpose of critical pedagogy?

6. What is Phenomenology?

7. What does Paulo Friere want to change about the education system?

8. How do the Oppressors characterize the Oppressed?

9. How can we oppose oppressive pedagogies?

10. What is the humanizing process?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Are traditional methods of education oppressive?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of Friere's own upbringing and place of birth on Friere's thought.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the figure of Tiradentes to Friere's work.

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