E FFECTS OF P AULO F REIRE T HEORY TO M EDIA I NFORMATION L ITERACY J HONATTA MARTINS LEAL C HIBA UNIVERSITY – DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION – MASTER COURSE

Movement of Media Information Literacy Year/ Declaration TargetChargeAreaManagementSkillLiteracy １９８２ Grünwald StudentEducatorSchool Education School Information Understanding Media, Computer Information ２００５ Alexandria +CitizenEducatorLifelong Learning Government Information Understanding and Development Internet （ SNS ） ２００７ Paris CitizenTeacher Education Lifelong Learning Government International Exchange Professional Knowledge, Change in Society Digital Movie

Paulo Freire （ ） Brazilian Educator ； Student’s Culture ， Language Observation ； Accused of Communism during the Brazilian Coup d’etat (1964) Exile – Book: Pedagogy of the Oppressed （ 1968 ）；

Paulo Freire Contributions to Education Oppressed ： Understand the world around themselves in order to change their reality; Awareness （ Conscientização); Banking Model of Education; Introduction of dialogue in the classroom; Dialogue between teacher and student Reading the world always precedes reading the word; （ Students experience society before school ） Humanization （ Humanização ） Human life has meaning only from the relentless pursuit of liberation from everything that dehumanizes us.

The Paulo Freire Method Originally an adult education method; 1962: taught reading/writing for 300 sugar-cane workers in 45 days without using textbooks; 3 steps method: 1.Aquaintance with the students’ previous knowledge ； 2.Social analysis of the words and themes – from common sense to a critical view ； 3.Challenge the students to go beyond the simple, non-critical view of the world.

Paulo Freire and Media Literacy

Media Literacy Today Information environment; Ease in spreading information ； Overwhelming number of information sources; Change in children environment: TV, games, internet, music, etc.; Passive exposure to media/information; Digitally Excluded.

Paulo Freire and Media Literacy Media Education as Social Movement ； Critical and Active users ； Maintenance of values and identities ； 1982: Grünwald Declaration → Awareness ； Understanding student’s background ； Children born inside an information society ； Contextualization of school subjects ； “Rather than condemn or endorse the undoubted power of the media, we need to accept their significant impact and penetration throughout the world as an established fact, and also appreciate their importance as an element of culture in today’s world.” ；（ Grünwald, 1982)