Freire Institute - Education, Empowerment, Transformation | Freire Institute
Transformative community-based education based on Paulo Freire's educational approach. Online courses, continuing professional development (CPD) and in-house training.
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Membership for education professionals and community practitioners
Develop your professional skills
In-house training and CPD for professional development
Critical pedagogy tools and concepts
Become a transformative educator and a catalyst for change
Transformative community-based learning
Building community through shared values, analysis and vision
Professional Development and Workplace Training
In-house training, CPD, mentoring, consultancy and strategy facilitation for individuals and organizations.
Participatory Workshops and Community Learning
Community-based programmes and workshops drawing upon social knowledge, critical thinking and action-reflection.
Online Courses for Individuals & Organizations
Engaging content rooted in Paulo Freire's philosophy of education and the principles of critical pedagogy.
Course Offer: Online Course
Reading Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed
With live seminars over six weeks, midweek discussion groups and online materials, this course is a great introduction for anyone who wants to dig deeper into Freire's most famous work.
The course started on April 28. Seminar recordings can be made available for late starters.
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Special offer: Sign up today and get your first year's membership free!
Professional membership is designed for professionals working in education, including academics, educators, trainers, and researchers. This includes education professionals who are retired or currently not in employment. Educational institutions and agencies can also register multiple professional members through an institutional membership, allowing for broader participation and engagement. Community membership is open to community educators, including community practitioners, organizers, volunteers, activists, advocates and campaigners, or other supporters who may not have a formal educational role but share a commitment to transformative education and social justice. Multiple community members in a team can register through an organizational membership. This membership promotes solidarity and collaboration between professional educators and grassroots community actors.
Professional Academy
In-house Training and CPD
Delivering customized, participatory training programmes that encourage transformative learning and critical consciousness among staff and stakeholders.
Coaching and Mentoring
Providing personalized guidance to develop critical thinking and empower learners through a collaborative and supportive process grounded in Freirean pedagogy.
Strategy Facilitation
Offering expert consultancy services to promote equitable practices and critical awareness within organizational structures and processes.
Research and Documentation
Conducting thorough research and producing comprehensive documentation, emphasizing social justice and participatory methodologies.
Project Management
Effective project design and management strategies that prioritize inclusive practices and community engagement for sustainable outcomes.
Our course participants love us
I am so appreciative, I have learned so much within a short amount of time, I didn't want the course to end.
Stephanie (Georgia, USA)
The sessions and materials were great and supported by opportunities for discussion with other like minded people working in many different places and contexts to my own.
John (Staffordshire, UK)
I have really enjoyed this class. It has brought me so much joy.
Janet (Maryland, USA)
Participatory workshops and community learning
Decolonizing Education
Paulo Freire Study Workshop
Community Engagement
Alternative Economics
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Experiential Learning
In our programmes, we invite you to share your experience and relate your learning to real-world situations.
Problem-Posing
Authentic education is not the top-down dissemination of knowledge. It must be dialogical, collaborative and problem-posing.
Analysis
Our approach is based on an understanding of the need for systematic social analysis, and the skills and tools to put this into effect in a participatory way.
Process
The learning process is a journey of curiosity and questioning, in which we build upon our skills, insights and knowledge.
