A special issue of CONCEPT (the journal of Contemporary Community Education Practice Theory) has just been published, celebrating the 50^th anniversary of the publication of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

We regard the Special Issue as a fitting tribute from a range of distinctive voices to perhaps one of the most distinctive, compelling and (still) contemporary voices in popular education. 

Contents

Editorial - Mel Aitken & Mae Shaw

Why Freire Still Matters - Jim Crowther/Ian Martin

Reclaiming the radical agenda: Paulo Freire in Neoliberal Times - Margaret Ledwith

A Northeastern Brazilian:  Memories of Paulo Freire - Budd L Hall

The Road Not Taken: The Road Still Open - Colin & Gerri Kirkwood

What Freire Means to Me - Lyn Tett, Louise Sheridan & Christina McMellon

POTO and the Power of Big Words - CAMINA

Pedagogy of Courage - Joel Lazarus

Freire at the Ceilidh - Stan Reeves

Why Gramsci offers us a framework for understanding the work of Freire - Keith Popple 

In solidarity: international reflections;

• Freire at the University of Seville - Emilio Lucio-Villeg
• Reflections on Pop Ed in Latin America and the Caribbean - Viviana Cruz McDougall
• A message of solidarity from South Africa - Astrid von Kotze

Review: A Student Guide to POTO - Bill Johnston

A copy of the full issue is featured below amd attached...