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Pedagogy of the Oppressed- Insights for reflection Written by educator Paulo Freire  Published in the Year -1968 I had a wonderful experience reading the book ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’ by Paulo Freire. The book tries to bring a model for liberation to the oppressed through dialogue and action. I would like to list some thoughts struck my mind while reading the book. People think that if and only if they suppress someone they can live as a ‘man’- to suppress becomes the way to live and the way of living. This suppression need not only be landlord-peasant type of suppression. But suppression of any form. A person does not realize that he is knowledgeable and he knows something. The awareness of self is very much lacking. This need not only be bookish knowledge or from any formal education but rather a knowledge about the self. Large number (or may be less number) of participants are seen in the discussions on decision making. However, we see people staying quiet and listening t

MY REFLECTIONS ON THE READING OF TOTTO-CHAN! Written by: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Year of publication : 1981 Introduction to the book. The book was really a very great reading experience for me. It gave me a small idea of the kind of thoughts and feelings children have in their tender minds. This book helps us give a wonderful picture of a kind of progressive education through unconventional teaching. It talks about different skill and needs of a child that should be attended with great importance. This is a real time experience of a world famous lady who was once expelled of a school while studying for primary due to her hyper activeness, joined a school named Tomeo which was founded by Mr. Sosaku Kobayashi. The new school where the child went had class rooms made of unused rail road cars (train compartment). The teachers in that school had immense understanding about the importance of freedom. The children were given freedom to choose what should be done. The book makes the r