Rethinking Paulo Freire: The Essence of Liberating Education and Its Contemporary Relevance

Singgih prastawa (Universitas Slamet Riyadi Surakarta)
Kevin Tonny Rey (Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Intheos Surakarta)

Cendekia : Jurnal Pendidikan dan Keagamaan
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2024): September

Education is a need for every individual who needs knowledge. Education has a strong foundation for thinking, namely the presentation of human values. Education that produces problems lacks a strong foundational basis. Education is a deliberate, programmed effort aimed at the learner and others. Education should be implemented with respect and appreciation of human values. Not education that makes learners like programmed robots by eliminating their self-awareness, making transformation difficult. Freire offers an alternative education based on the paradigm of intellectual and emotional freedom awareness that can ultimately produce social transformation. This education is also based on a rational, critical, dialogical framework so that the subject's creativity emerges and can communicate human values. Freire's education can still be accepted today, where education still treats subjects as objects that suffer or are oppressed.