1.4 Transformative learning and critical pedagogy

Tackling the climate crisis requires every one of us to collaborate in drawing on and sharing our skills, talents and experiences, and to take a critical view of political systems and social structures as the basis for effective action. As educators we may find collaboration fairly straightforward, and are likely to have experience of critique. However, this is not necessarily the case for our students. In this part of the course you’ll consider how the principles of critical pedagogy, devised by the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, can provide a stimulus for devising teaching and learning activities that have the potential for achieving a tangible impact in terms of climate crisis-related mitigation and adaptation.