Codification represents an existential situation and decoding subjects it to critical analysis

Evidence

The coding of an existential situation is the representation of that situation, showing some of its constituent elements in interaction. Decoding is the critical analysis of the coded situation. — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 383

Categorization

• DEFINE: Core definitional pair (coding/decoding) the reader needs to redesign a learning situation.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s redesign goal — the concrete mechanics of how a problem-posing session is structured. — connects to: Tilden codified interpretive practice rather than inventing the field — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 68
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 383