Matheus Batalha Nery, a member of the editorial board of Approches Coopératives and a professor of psychology at the University of Sergipe in Brazil, edited this issue with the assistance of several distinguished Brazilian scholars.
As the France-Brazil Year draws to a close, this is an opportunity, through the testimonies of those who worked closely with him for years, to discover or rediscover the thought of Paulo Freire, the renowned Brazilian educator who revolutionized youth and adult education and popular education.
At a time when democracy is under threat worldwide, all teachers and educators must reflect on Paulo Freire’s words: “For a person to recognize themselves as a political subject, they must first be recognized as a subject within the educational process.”
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