Letters to Paulo Freire: Radical Dialogues on Democratic Education and Courage (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789819237951)

Dr. Jorge Knijnik is a Brazilian-Australian academic currently working as an Associate Professor at Western Sydney University (New South Wales, Australia), where he is a lecturer in education at the Faculty of Social Science, Arts, Business, Education, and Law, and a senior researcher in the Institute for Culture and Society. Jorge holds a bachelor in physical education and a Ph.D. in social psychology from Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil). Jorge works in the intersection between curriculum, democratic schooling, and youth political education in the Global South. His teaching and research achievements were recognized by an OLT 'Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning' presented by the Australian Government and the 'Building the Gender Equity' award presented by UN Women, UNESCO, and the Brazilian Research Council.