BEING, BECOMING AND BREAKING-FREE: PETER MCLAREN AND THE PEDAGOGY OF LIBERATION

Abstract

In this interview, McLaren reflects on different approaches to the field ofcritical pedagogy and lingers over interpretations derived from the work of Freire, underliningthe need to reflect on practice itself in order to find ways which allow oppressedpeople to become protagonists in history. Likewise, this author states that partof his work is focused on supporting anti-capitalist movements in North America andformulating an alternative to global capitalism, reflecting on the role which criticalpedagogy could play in this. He underlines the essential role of teachers in the developmentof anti-capitalist pedagogies within the heart of today’s changing societies, affectedby international events such as the election of Obama or the financial crisis, inwhich schools can become spaces for the production of critical knowledge and forsocio-political action.

Keywords

• movimientos anti-capitalistas
• conocimiento crítico
• acción sociopolítica