Echoes from Freire for a Critically Engaged Pedagogy

…Mayo’s book offers encouragement for those engaged in critical, emancipatory work. Despite evidence of increasing militarism and corporate encroachment on daily life, the reader finds sustaining encouragement in growing global movements for social transformation. We are encouraged by robust manifestations of Freire’s influence that extend from Brazil around the world, in places including: Malta, Italy, California, Nottingham, England, Rhode Island, and Tanzania. Mayo illustrates local educators/actors confronting corporate globalization while at the same time weaving together transnational networks of support. -- Kathleen D. McCallie, Phillips Theological Seminary * Reflective Teaching *
Echoes from Freire for a Critically Engaged Pedagogy is an accessible, engaging book. It should be welcomed by critical educationists working in a range of different settings, and readers will find much that is fresh, stimulating and worthwhile in its pages. -- Peter Roberts, University of Canterbury, New Zealand * Educational Philosophy and Theory: Incorporating ACCESS *
"Journeying with the reader through Freirean concepts, interpretations, affinities and associated inspirations, Echoes from Freire for a Critically Engaged Pedagogy is itself an expression and educational embodiment of praxis—that is '...reflection upon action for transformative action' (Mayo, 2012)." - Cynthia Lee A. Pemberton, Interim Dean, Graduate School/Professor Educational Leadership, Idaho State University, USA.
"Peter Mayo is to be congratulated on this fascinating and wide-ranging book. It analyses the inspirational power of Paulo Freire's thought and practice, relating this to scholars who carry out education and research in a manner that echoes the transformative goals and methods of Freire. The book skilfully explores how Freire's pedagogy influences social movements, teaching and scholarship across the world.  Students of the discourse and praxis of emancipatory education will find it of great value." - Anne Hickling-Hudson, Cultural and Language Studies in Education, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.