A military coup halted Brazil’s national literacy plan and exiled Freire

Evidence

Indeed, the effectiveness of facilitating democratic spaces through these cultural circles was an ideal architype to teaching adult learners to read (Freire, 1996) and due to the success Freire experienced with the first cultural circles, he was invited by the Brazilian president to devise his literacy plan for adults on a national level. In 1964, 20,000 cultural circles were to begin educating more than 2 million illiterate Brazilians. However, a military coup prevented this plan from happening and Freire was exiled from Brazil. One year after being expelled from Brazil, Freire wrote his classic piece, Pedagogy of the Oppressed. — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 587

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Freire held hope as an ontological human need, not a voluntary choice. — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 834; Fear of mass literacy for the voter rolls helped trigger Brazil’s 1964 coup — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 105; Brazil’s literacy plan ended when the 1964 coup overthrew Goulart — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 101 (+1 more)