Freire and Student Empowerment

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Freire and Student Empowerment

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Description

This book introduces a variety of ways for educators to empower students as critical global citizens and agents of change using the educational theories of Paulo Freire. It covers key themes including social and planetary justice, ecopedagogy and sustainability education, diverse learner agency, restorative justice, women's leadership, and social change. The contributors offer practical strategies for educators battling against oppressive action that aims to repress teacher and student voice, offering an alternative to the increasing standardization of a neoliberal curriculum and competitive meritocracy.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Introduction, Carlos Alberto Torres (UCLA, USA) and Greg Misiaszek (Beijing Normal University, China)
Introduction: Empowering Students from a Freirean Perspective, Michaela Ensweiler (UCLA, USA)
Part I: Transformative Education Models
1. Reading Bourdieu and Freire in Authoritarian Contexts, Fadhila Hadjeris (UCLA, USA)
2. Women's Leadership and Social Change, Maria Guajardo (Soka University, Japan)
3. Using Freirean Dialogue to Overcome the Impasse in American P-12 Education, Monte J. Joffee (The Renaissance Charter School, USA) Sara A. Tirschwell (YesCare, USA), T. Willard Fair (Urban League of Greater Miami, USA) and Tai Abrams (AdmissionSquad, USA)
4. Liberation from the Banking Model of Education by Teachers as Politicians, Ota Yoshida (UCLA, USA)
5 Place-based Learning and Indigenous History and Identity in Chicanx Communities, Brian Zamora (UCLA, USA)
Part II: Education for Social Justice
6. Theater of the Oppressed and Restorative Justice, Brent Blair (University of Southern California, USA)
7. Critical Pedagogy of Storytelling in Elementary Classrooms, Moraima Machado (UC Berkeley, USA)
8. Ecopedagogy and Sustainable Education, Micheala Ensweiler (UCLA, USA)
9. LGBTQ+ Student Empowerment in an Era of Censorship, Darek Ciszek (UCLA, USA)
Conclusion, Micheala Ensweiler (UCLA, USA)
References
Index

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published Dec 11 2025
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 160
ISBN 9781350463936
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Series Freire in Focus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Michaela L. Ensweiler

Michaela Ensweiler is a PhD Candidate in the Schoo…

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