The word pedagogy itself reveals that education is inherently directive, not neutral

Evidence

This seeming lack of distinction is conveniently adopted by those educators who believe that education is neutral as they engage in a social construction of not seeing. That is, they willfully refuse to understand that the very term “pedagogy,” as my good friend and colleague Panagiota Gounari explains it, has Greek roots, meaning “to lead a child” (from pais: child and ago: to lead). Thus, as the term “pedagogy” illustrates, education is inherently directive and must always be transformative. — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 39

Categorization

• DEFINE: Grounds the claim that education is never neutral in the Greek etymology of ‘pedagogy’ — a ready-made argument for redesigning teaching.
• XREF: connects to: Education is never neutral and either suppresses or liberates communities — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 332; Pedagogy must engage political economy and sociology, not just teaching technique — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 181; Progressive content does not suffice; pedagogical practice itself carries conservative class values — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as…, 262 (+1 more)