1. Introduction 2. Antonio Gramsci and Adult Education 3. Paulo Freire and Adult Education 4. A Comparative Analysis of Gramsci and Freire with Respect to Adult Education 5. Some of the Limitations in Gramsci and Freire for a Contemporary Project 6. A Gramscian Freirian Synthesis and Beyond 7. Conclusion
This book focuses on two of the most cited figures in the debate on radical education -- Antonio Gramsci and Paulo Freire - examining the extent to which their combined insights can provide the foundation for a theory for our own times of transformative adult education.
Peter Mayo lectures in the Department of Foundations in Education, University of Malta.
A fascinating book with originality, depth and rigour - a must
read.
*Carlos Alberto Torres, University of California, Los Angeles*
Anyone interested in progressive social change will gain new
insights from this book.
*David W. Livingstone, OISE, University of Toronto*
There is something valuable on every page. Gramsci and Freire make
the road by walking and Mayo in his own right reveals the road
ahead.
*Ira Shor, College of Staten Island, New York*
The needs and aspirations of society are nowadays defined in purely
economistic terms; education has been reduced to training and the
acquisition of marketable skills. To combat this tendency, Peter
Mayo engages in a critical reflection on the alternative visions of
Gramsci and Freire.
*Joseph A Buttigieg, University of Notre Dame*
The notion of a synthesis between Gramsci and Freire in relation to
adult education is a complex one and Peter Mayo steers a coherent
and insightful route through it.
*Sallie Westwood, University of Leicester*
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