| Author(s): | Tygel, A. F. & Kirsch, R. |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Publication: | The Journal of Community Informatics |
| Citation: | Tygel, A. F. & Kirsch, R. (2016). Contributions of Paulo Freire for a Critical Data Literacy: a Popular Education Approach. The Journal of Community Informatics, 12(3), 108–121. https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v12i3.3279 |
| Section on webpage: | Critical Data Justice Literature |
| Tenets: | Using technology intentionally to build communities and enhance learning. |
| Annotation: | (Abstract) Paulo Freire is the patron of education in Brazil. His main work – the Popular Education pedagogy – influences many educators all over the world who believe in education as a way of liberating poor oppressed people. One of the outcomes of Freire’s work is a literacy method, developed in the 1960’s. In this paper, we propose the adoption of elements of Freire’s Literacy Method for use in a pedagogical pathway towards data literacy. After tracing some parallels between literacy education and data literacy, we suggest some data literacy strategies inspired on Freire’s method. We also derive from it a definition for critical data literacy. |