Freire located revolutionary practice in teachers interrogating their own authority

Evidence

Freire (2000) advocated for a revolutionary practice that is rooted in teachers grappling with their role in the classroom-specifically as an authority figure. It’s as if he knew I would find myself in this place, a place where a teacher can struggle in finding that space of fostering authentic dialogue between teacher and student (Darder, 2017; Freire, 2000). — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 723

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the competence-vs-performance authority distinction in Myra Sadker and other ‘teacher as facilitator’ literature, and Freire’s distinction between being authoritative and being authoritarian. — connects to: Freire defined liberatory education as mobilizing people to win power — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 55; Teacher authority historically derived from expertise and entitled pronouncement over students — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 719; Empowering teacher authority rests on profound trust in people’s creative power — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 746 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Shared teacher authority keeps power but redirects it toward democratic student partnership #expands (0.85) — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 744
• Empowering teacher authority rests on profound trust in people’s creative power #expands (0.82) — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 746
• Teacher authority historically derived from expertise and entitled pronouncement over students #qualifies (0.80) — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 719
• Professors can espouse liberatory theory while practicing domination in class #complicates (0.80)
• Professors are themselves empowered and taught by students #expands (0.78) — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress, 296
• Engaged pedagogy grants students authority over their own meaning-making #expands (0.78)