Research Article

DEMOCRATIZATION OF EDUCATION: TONGUÇ AND FREIRE

Number: 28 December 29, 2019
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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

Publication Date

December 29, 2019

Submission Date

September 23, 2019

Acceptance Date

December 27, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Number: 28

Chicago
Aytemur Sağıroğlu, Nuran. 2019. “DEMOCRATIZATION OF EDUCATION: TONGUÇ AND FREIRE”. FLSF Felsefe Ve Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, nos. 28: 205-20. https://izlik.org/JA63JE66RK.

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