Critical pedagogy is a teaching approach that encourages students to question dominant beliefs and practices in order to become critically conscious. It was developed by Brazilian educator Paulo Freire based on the idea of "problem-posing education," where students engage in critical thinking to liberate themselves. Key concepts in critical pedagogy include praxis, the process of enacting ideas; hegemony, the cultural domination of one group by another; and problem-posing education, which emphasizes critical thinking as an alternative to the "banking" model of education. The objective of critical pedagogy is to empower students by developing their social skills and understanding of power structures so they can actively participate in an inclusive democratic society.

1. Critical Pedagogy
Dr.Sumi, Assistant Professor,
MANUU,Hyderabad

2. Paulo Freire
Pedagogy of the Oppressed

3. Overview
Brazilian educator Paulo Freire's works published in 1968(1970).
In this book he proposes a pedagogy with a new relationship
between teacher, student, and society.
This book is a critique of a certain educational method known as the
'banking' method” and is considered one of the foundational texts of
Critical Pedagogy

4. What is Critical Pedagogy?
01
Critical pedagogy is a teaching approach which attempts to help students
question and challenge domination, and the beliefs and practices that dominate
them. It tries to help students become critically conscious.
02
Critical pedagogy is a philosophy of education described by Henry Giroux and other
scholars as an "educational movement, guided by passion and principle, to help
students develop consciousness of freedom, recognize authoritarian tendencies, and
connect knowledge to power and the ability to take constructive action.
03 Critical Pedagogy is a form of education in which students are encouraged to
question dominant or common notions of meaning and form their own
understanding of what they learn.

5. Major Concepts
Problem-posing
education
Praxis
Hegemony

6. Problem-posing education
Problem-posing
education
is a term coined by Paulo Freire in his book Pedagogy of
the Oppressed.
It is a method of teaching that emphasizes critical thinking
for the purpose of liberation.
Freire used problem-posing as the alternative to Banking
Education, which is the traditional model of education.

7. Praxis
Praxis
is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is
enacted, practiced, embodied, or realised. It may
also refer to the act of engaging, applying,
exercising, realizing, or practicing ideas. It has
meaning in the political, educational, and spiritual
realms.

8. Hegemony
Hegemony
is the complete cultural domination of one group by another. In
education, this occurs when students from one culture are taught
that assimilation into their new culture is the primary goal.
It is also referred as the maintenance of domination through
consensual social practices, social forms, and social structures
produced in specific sites such as schools, mass media, the
political system, and the family

9. In brief...
One of the key objectives of critical pedagogy is to allow students
to gain the necessary social skills to allow them to actively
participate in a transformed & inclusive democratic community.
When you can identify the sources of power, recognize your own
position in relation to power and understand the political nature
of what you learn you can develop your own social actions.
Critical pedagogy seeks to give those who have been excluded
from power the right and ability to have an input into civic life.

10. Thank you!
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