Freire And Brickman Similarities

Comparing Freire and Brickman
Monica Jackson
Ashford University

Comparing Freire and Brickman Paulo Freire and William Brickman made significant contributions in the field of education. This paper serves to highlight the similarities and differences of these brilliant educators. Further, the resistance that both educators encountered, and how their accomplishments impacted the discipline of education will be identified. Born into a wealthy, Brazilian family, Flanagan (2005) explains how Paolo Freire quickly witnessed ways in which circumstances shape an individual’s thinking and lack of action, after a reversal of his father’s fortune. As a result of the Wall Street crash of 1929, Freire lived among the peasants and saw for himself…show more content…
186). In other words, Freire was greatly concerned with the state of mind of oppressed people and how they could gain liberation from their oppressors. Moreover, Freire’s banking-concept further established that the oppressed have limited opportunities as a result of their oppressors. Freire views students in an oppressive educational system as “collectors and cataloguers of knowledge imparted by teachers…”(Flanagan, 2005, p. 188). Such as system is futile, and results in students’ lack of active participation in their own…show more content…
On the other hand, Brickman had only been exposed to poverty. Another difference that existed between Freire and Brickman was the former grew up in a foreign country and the latter, stateside. And though Freire lived in Brazil, his views were rather limited when compared to those of Brickman who was infused with an expansive worldview as a result of the culturally and linguistically, diverse neighborhood he lived in. Freire and Brickman were exceptional scholars in their own right. Each was influenced by environmental factors that impacted to their accomplishments. And while there are some

conceptual differences between the two, one simply cannot ignore the wonderful contributions that have a similar, positive affect in the field of education.

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