Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online

Author: Tygel, A. F.

Contributions of Paulo Freire for a Critical Data Literacy: a Popular Education Approach

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.

February 11, 2026

Contributions of Paulo Freire for a Critical Data Literacy: a Popular Education Approach

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.