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This paper examines how his theory coheres with a humanizing vision rooted in social change, without extending his original method from the 1960s and 1970s. 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The author’s interest is not to further develop the method that Freire elaborated in the sixties and seventies, but, rather, to show the degree to which his theory is coherent with his vision of what it means to become truly human through social change. Specifically, this article explores whether or not education is the key element to build true humanity through social change. The author first explains how dialogue is a necessary starting point to understand the connection between education and change in the two aforementioned levels. The author presents how Freire considers the way myths in unequal societies play a damaging role due to their crystallization of unfair social structures. Consciousness and conscientization are the key tools to overcome these myths. This awareness atthe same time is the essential component of an education for liberation. Finally, the author presents some obstacles to this new kind of liberation.  \nKeywords: Freire, consciousness, conscientization, dialogue, critical pedagogy, liberation  \n* Cristobal Madero is a sociologist and a theologian, and currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Educational Policies and Organizations in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Research Associate at the School of Education in the Universidad Alberto Hurtado in Santiago, Chile. Before coming to his current studies in Berkeley, awarded by a Fulbright Scholarship and sponsored by the Council for the Science and Technology CONICYT, he taught for ten years philosophy, theology, and social sciences in several high schools in Chile. His research is focused in in-service teacher’s motivation, incentives, and formation, the sociology of education, and comparative education. He has published in the International Journal of Sociology of Education, the Harvard Review of Latin American Studies, the Journal of Catholic Education, Revista Mexicana de Investigacion en Educación, International Studies in Catholic Education, and Revista Pensamiento Educativo.  \nCorrespondence: [cristobalsj@berkeley.edu](cristobalsj@berkeley.edu)  \nIntroduction  \nPaulo Freire is one of the most important Latin American figures of all time. Certainly he made his mark as an educator and as an intellectual of education. Since the second half of the 20th century, he has influenced the world with his thought and has changed the lives of millions of students and teachers up through today. His relentless work as teacher, professor, administrator, author, activist, and politician left a mark not only in his own Brazil, but in the many other places where he was: Chile, the United States, Geneva, and Guinea-Bissau.  \nHe was an expert not only in terms of the contents and practices in education, but also in what it means to be human. The latter is most likely the reason why so many in the educational field and beyond find him an inspiration, why he received more than twenty doctoris honoris causa throughout the world, and why many felt he should win the Nobel Peace Prize.  \nMany scholars have highlighted this humanism of Paulo Freire. They have argued that Freire was looking for more than just a better educational system or for the improvement of teaching and learning techniques (Eryaman, 2009; Riedler & Eryaman, 2010) . Freire was proposing a new kind of society rooted in the centrality of a better humankind; men and women who received a call, a vocation to attain true humanity (Eryaman, 2006, 2007) .  \nHere, I will show how education is presented by Freire as the key both for changing society and leading people toward true humanity. My interest is not to further develop the method that Freire elaborat","cbCaiiwiNlP0eO7f","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiwiNlP0eO7f","pdf",77930,15,"English","# Introduction\n## Dialogue as the Starting Point","[{\"question\":\"What is the central claim about education in Freire’s vision?\",\"answer\":\"Education is portrayed as the key to changing society and helping people reach true humanity through social change.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is dialogue considered the starting point in the paper?\",\"answer\":\"Dialogue is necessary to understand how education connects to social change at both levels described in the study.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper explain the role of myths and consciousness?\",\"answer\":\"In unequal societies, myths crystallize unfair social structures and cause damage; consciousness and conscientization are presented as key tools to overcome those myths and support an education for liberation.\"}]","Changing Society, Changing Humanity: Freirian Goals of Education | PDF",1792094832,23]