Critical Pedagogy Essay
Why can’t I be a Bishop? In many church communities, including my own, women are seen as second class citizens. Women are not ordained to positions that are considered as traditional male roles such as deacons, elders, ministers, bishops or pastors. They are ordained to positions that where created exclusively for women such as missionaries and evangelist. “Women are expected to sing in the choir, serve on the usher and stewardess boards, participate in the missionary society, cook in the kitchen, teach children in the Sunday School, and serve in all those position that are regarded as ‘women’s work.”
All women in the church sit in the pews. Ordained missionaries or evangelist are not permitted to sit on the pulpit with their male counterparts. …show more content…
Liberation theology is a faith that strives to raises critical consciousness to the causes of oppression. This theology is linked to religious education when it focuses on the role that education can play in the fight for liberation and the struggle for social justice. Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator and philosopher pioneered the idea of critical pedagogy as both an education philosophy and a social movement. Critical pedagogy views teaching as an inherently political act “guided by passions and principles, to help students develop a consciousness of freedom, recognize authoritative tendencies and connect knowledge to power and the ability to take constructive actions.”
In the “Pedagogy of the oppressed” Freire introduces the concepts of humanization and dehumanization. Humanization is the process an individual undertakes to regain their humanity. Reclaiming one’s humanity can only happen when an individual or group comes to the awareness that their humanity has been taken away. The process of liberation begins with a group of black female theological students at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York studying with Dr. James Cone who express the concepts of womanist theology that was inclusive of their experiences of sexism and racism in the academy and the
All women in the church sit in the pews. Ordained missionaries or evangelist are not permitted to sit on the pulpit with their male counterparts. …show more content…
Liberation theology is a faith that strives to raises critical consciousness to the causes of oppression. This theology is linked to religious education when it focuses on the role that education can play in the fight for liberation and the struggle for social justice. Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator and philosopher pioneered the idea of critical pedagogy as both an education philosophy and a social movement. Critical pedagogy views teaching as an inherently political act “guided by passions and principles, to help students develop a consciousness of freedom, recognize authoritative tendencies and connect knowledge to power and the ability to take constructive actions.”
In the “Pedagogy of the oppressed” Freire introduces the concepts of humanization and dehumanization. Humanization is the process an individual undertakes to regain their humanity. Reclaiming one’s humanity can only happen when an individual or group comes to the awareness that their humanity has been taken away. The process of liberation begins with a group of black female theological students at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York studying with Dr. James Cone who express the concepts of womanist theology that was inclusive of their experiences of sexism and racism in the academy and the