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Extension Course Debate Paulo Freire and Popular Education in authoritarian contexts

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The UFRGS Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences promotes, from April 29 to October 16, 2025, the Paulo Freire Extension course and popular education in times of fascist international. The activities are online, always at 19h, with free registrations and limited vacancies.

The course is structured in five thematic modules, which address the timeliness of Paulo Freire's thought, the foundations of popular education and their dialogues with the challenges of contemporary society. Researchers and educators from institutions such as UFRGS, UNICAMP, UERJ, UPN (Colombia) and Alforja/Ceaal (Costa Rica)

Complete Programming:

Module 1 - Democracy and resistance to barbarism: education in the fight against fascism
29 April

  • Anatomy of fascism: yesterday and today - Alexandre Silva Virginio (UFRGS)

  • educational challenges of our time - jaqueline mol (UFRGS)

  • Biographical aspects of Paulo Freire - Sérgio Haddad (Educational Action)

Module 2 - Paulo Freire: Life and Work
May 15th

  • Education as a Practice of Freedom: Fundamentals - Adriano Salmar Nogueira and Taveira (Unicamp)
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  • The timeliness of Paulo Freire: a pedagogy of struggle and hope - Walter Kohan (UERJ)
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Module 3 - Popular Education: History and Foundations
29th of May

  • History, principles and foundations of popular education - Oscar Jara Holliday (Alforja /Ceaal)
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  • Political-Pedagogical Practices and Citizen Social Action-Alfonso Torres Carrillo (UPN)
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June 18

  • Conference - Maria Tereza Esteban (UFF)

Module 4 - School, Curriculum and Popular Education
14 de Agosto

  • Democratic management: from the classroom to the relationship with the community - José Clovis de Azevedo (Uergs)
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August 28

  • Research as an educational principle: interdisciplinary planning and curricular organization - Marco Mello (Porto Alegre City Hall)
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September 11

  • Emancipatory evaluation - Maria Tereza Esteban (UFF)

September 25

  • Popular Education at School: Challenges and Possibilities - Liana Borges (Café Paulo Freire)
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Module 5 - Contemporary Society in Dialogue with Popular Education
16 October

  • pedagogy with the other and the role of the popular educator - Alexandre Silva Virginio and Fernanda Paulo (UFRGS)
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The proposal of the course is to offer a space for critical training and dialogue with educators and researchers committed to emancipating pedagogical practices.

Registration is open and can be made by the link: