Participatory Approach

Background

      In 1960s, Paulo Freire developed a literacy program for peasants in Brazil. He started the dialogues about problems in their lives. The dialogues became the basis for literacy development.

Paulo Freire:

“education is meaningful to the extent that it engages learners in reflecting on their relationship to the world they live in and provides them with a means to shape their world.”

Goal

v Help Ss to understand the social, historical, cultural forces that affects their lives.

v Help empower Ss to take action and make decision to gain control over their lives.

Procedures

v Student discuss the problem in their lives.

v Teacher listens and takes notes.

v Teacher leads questions with visual aids to get Student to relate the problem to their experience.

v Teacher proposes the question in an attempt to contextualize the problem.