`The foremost work on the key democratic task: helping people to identify and challenge the sources of their oppression ... a transformative text` George Monbiot, GuardianArguing that `education is freedom`, Paulo Freire`s radical international classic contends that traditional teaching styles keep the poor powerless by treating them as passive, silent recipients of knowledge. Grounded in Freire`s own experience teaching impoverished and illiterate students in his native Brazil and over the world, this pioneering book instead suggests that through co-operation, dialogue and critical thinking, every human being can develop a sense of self and fulfil their right to be heard.`Truly revolutionary` Ivan Illich