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.

 

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