DEMOCRATIZATION OF EDUCATION: TONGUÇ AND FREIRE
Abstract
This study aims to compare two educators, namely İsmail Hakkı
Tonguç, the General Director of Primary Education during 1937-1946 in Turkey
and Paulo Freire, a well-known Brazilian educator and philosopher, in terms of
their understandings of pedagogy. A paralellism is drawn between the two
scholars in terms of their emphasis on connecting school to real life with an
emphasis on the unity of theory and practice; formulating an egalitarian and
liberatory relationship between teachers and students through their emphasis
on democratic principles; and, thinking of pedagogy as a transformative and
liberatory political practice which would empower students by turning them
into “active subjects” and help them develop critical consciousness. Depending
upon all these similarities, it is argued that both scholars’ understandings of
pedagogy provide a fertile ground for those who search for democratizating
both educational process and the society especially by increasing the political
participation of the poor.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Philosophy
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Nuran Aytemur Sağıroğlu
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 29, 2019
Submission Date
September 23, 2019
Acceptance Date
December 27, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Number: 28