Assignment about What Do You Mean Sociology?

Running Head : SOCIOLOGY
SOCIOLOGY
University Name
Students Name

SOCIOLOGY 1
1. What are the main ideas of Freire’s ’Pedagogy of the Oppressed’?
Answer – Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed is the combination of the political, philosophical
and theories related to education. Within the ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’, Freire outlined the
theory of the oppression and the formation of liberation. As per the view by Freire’s, the main
key for liberty is the beginning of the critical awareness and the process of thinking within the
individual. The book by the author started with the preface introducing the idea regarding the
development of critical consciousness of the oppressed (Freire 2018). The author relates the
critical consciousness and concludes synthesis regarding thought and action as the way towards
reclamation of humanity. According to the author, the main idea of the book lies on the fact that
only the oppressed can actually save themselves together with the oppressors from the liberation
and oppression. This must come from within; and through the critical understanding of the
reality that leads to action (O'Cadiz 2018). The book highlights the traditional connection among
student and teacher as a banking education. Within the oppressive and dysfunctional system, as
per the author, the teacher retains the control and takes the role of an oppressor while the student
is actually expected to be unthinker, passive and follower (Wallerstein, et al., 2017). The author
proposes the challenges posing education as the successful alternative for the traditional
education. In the book, Freire detailed the methodology for working with the community people
for understanding the themes that are essential for their lives and for the generation of the objects
for the study, strips of films, media and focus for the dialogues. The author outlines the
theoretical application for the politics and the rise of revolutionary leaders among the oppressed
(Bajaj 2018). The author identified division, cultural invasion and conquest. These includes the
unity and co-operation with organization, liberation and synthesis of culture.

SOCIOLOGY 2
2. How can we apply this theory to our own work as activists working towards social justice and
social change?
Answer - ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’ by Freire’s proposed a very new pedagogical approach
with a new and an innovative relationship among the teacher, the student and the society (Kohli
et al., 2015). Freire drew upon the theology related to catholic liberation and the idea of
Marxist for forging the concept of the innovative and renowned education for literacy for
social and personal liberation. Freire, the author highlighted the fact that use of his model
or the see-judge- act; which is the ‘student centred methodology’ will lead to certain critical
consciousness or the awareness regarding the necessity for constant unveiling the
appearances. The theory can be applied by the activists for the protection of injustice that
serves as the foundation for any sort of action towards democracy and equality. In the
context and from the view of Freire, there lies no form of the education that could be neutral in
nature (Vossoughi and Gutiérrez 2016). This is to be understood that all the pedagogy is the call
towards the action. According to the author of the book, the society is animated by
authoritarianism and inequality including many exposed partisanship regarding those claiming to
stand over the all. The theory by Freire thus concludes the pedagogical methods recognised by
the activist towards social change and social justice. The activist can apply this theory by
improving the experiences of the students regarding their techniques, culture and the
assumptions laying the base of the social systems for a social change (Freire 2018). The
theory and the context of pedagogy of Freire can furthermore be applied with the
curriculum and grasps that the seamless fabric of learning is actually made by the
methods of teaching which splits to the irrational pieces.