Paulo Freire, globalisation and emancipatory education

Abstract

Paulo Reglus Neves Freire is surely one of the most cited and iconic figures in the contemporary education literature. his paper explores his relevance for an age characterised by the intensification of globalisation, and the mobility of capital, in which education is often equated exclusively with the development of the so-called ‘human resources’ (sic). It analyses his pedagogical approach, contrasting it with some of the main features in the dominant policy documents in education such as the EU’s Lisbon objectives.