Freire and Student Empowerment

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-350-46393-6
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 200 mm x 129 mm, Gewicht: 150 g

Reihe: Freire in Focus

This book introduces a variety of ways for educators to empower students as critical global citizens and agents of change using the educational theories of Paulo Freire. It covers key themes including social and planetary justice, ecopedagogy and sustainability education, diverse learner agency, restorative justice, women's leadership, and social change. The contributors offer practical strategies for educators battling against oppressive action that aims to repress teacher and student voice, offering an alternative to the increasing standardization of a neoliberal curriculum and competitive meritocracy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ensweiler, Michaela L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Affektive, soziale und ethische Ziele in der Erziehung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editor's Introduction, Greg Misiaszek (Beijing Normal University, China): In Defense of Student Activism with Reflexivity
Introduction: Empowering Students from a Freirean Perspective, Michaela Ensweiler (UCLA, USA)
Part I: Transformative Education Models
1.: Reading Bourdieu and Freire in National Educational Systems: Implications for Teachers' and Students' Empowerment, Fadhila Hadjeris (UCLA, USA)
2. Women's Leadership and Social Change, Maria Guajardo (Soka University, Japan)

3. Using Freirean Dialogue to Overcome the Impasse in American P-12 Education, Monte J. Joffee (The Renaissance Charter School, USA) Sara A. Tirschwell (YesCare, USA), T. Willard Fair (Urban League of Greater Miami, USA) and Tai Abrams (AdmissionSquad, USA)
4. Liberation from the Banking Model of Education by Teachers as Politicians, Ota Yoshida (UCLA, USA)
5 Place-based Learning and Indigenous History and Identity in Chicanx Communities, Brian Zamora (UCLA, USA)
Part II: Education for Social Justice
6. Theater of the Oppressed and Restorative Justice, Brent Blair (University of Southern California, USA)
7. Critical Pedagogy of Storytelling in Elementary Classrooms, Moraima Machado (UC Berkeley, USA)
8. Ecopedagogy and Sustainable Education, Micheala Ensweiler (UCLA, USA)
9. LGBTQ+ Student Empowerment in an Era of Censorship, Darek Ciszek (UCLA, USA)
Conclusion, Micheala Ensweiler (UCLA, USA)
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ensweiler, Michaela L.
Michaela Ensweiler is a PhD Candidate in the School of Social Sciences & Comparative Education at UCLA, USA. She is also Program Officer for the Paulo Freire Institute, USA.