PEDAGOGÍA DE LA ESPERANZA DE PAULO FREIRE FRENTE A LOS ESPACIOS VIRTUALES DE APRENDIZAJE

Abstract

The book entitled “A Pedagogy of Hope”, by Paulo Freire, summarizes his pedagogical viewpoints and coincides with the uprising of pedagogical proposals which have supported the use of technology in education through virtualization as part of globalization. In his work, Freire proposes several concerns dealing with the role of technology in education. Thus, it is vital to briefly explore the technology-based educational profile and, particularly, the virtual contexts of learning so as to establish the contrast between both proposals. Both trends are not likely to be regarded as complementary, as they both differ especially in terms of their objectives. Indeed, while Freire regards education as a tool for transforming people´s lives, globalizations views education as a vehicle to enhance production models.