This thesis is an analysis of some research undertaken with students in a unit on human sexuality. It is a critical account of an experiment with 'radical' pedagogy which deliberately forsakes the pessimistic determinism of social reproduction theory in education and assumes the fundamental optimism of resistance theory, wherein human actors are capable of penetrating oppressive ideology and practice and working towards emancipation and social change. The experiment is an attempt to implement radical pedagogy in a particular classroom, and the body of the thesis consists of a critique of data collected from participants' notes and transcriptions of video and audio-tapes of thirteen, two�hour class sessions. The first chapter of the thesis outlines the nature of a pedagogical style which could be described as counter�hegemonic, non-reproductive, or liberatory, and it specifies the elements of a 'radical' approach to classroom process and content, which is distinguished from a 'traditional' one. Subsequent chapters present a critical analysis of actual classroom 'content' and 'process', which is based on a study of reconstructed sessional data, and the final chapter discusses the factors which limited the 'success' of the experiment, and attempts to draw some conclusions about the liberatory possibilities of radical pedagogy.

PAIVA, Isadora Barreto. A pedagogia radical sobre as bases da teoria crítica da escola de Frankfurt: uma análise a partir da ontologia marxiano-lukácsiana. 2013. 99f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza (CE), 2013. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-02-28T12:40:54Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2013-DIS-IBPAIVA.pdf: 453873 bytes, checksum: 3e5bc8ed1d7e42e6f74375680c3cd65d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-02-28T13:52:15Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2013-DIS-IBPAIVA.pdf: 453873 bytes, checksum: 3e5bc8ed1d7e42e6f74375680c3cd65d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-02-28T13:52:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2013-DIS-IBPAIVA.pdf: 453873 bytes, checksum: 3e5bc8ed1d7e42e6f74375680c3cd65d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / The present dissertative work concerns in a research that has an onto-historical foundation, which bases itself on the marxian-lukacsian ontology towards to an analysis of the movement of reality. The central objective is to make a study about the presuppositions of the critical or radical pedagogy, outlining, moreover, a parallel between this pedagogical theory, of a revisionist character, and the marxist theory, claimed by us. In order to reach this, it was chosen, respectively, works of the authors: Henry Giroux (1983 and 1997) and Peter McLaren (1997), and, at the other side, Karl Marx (2000, 2004, 2010), Marx and Engels (1999a and 1999b) Luckács (1981), Mészáros (2000), Tonet (2001, 2002, 2007), Rabelo (2005), and others. At the first chapter, there is a historical summary which concerns to the evolution of Frankfurt School, that will after contribute with the development of the critical or radical pedagogy. There is also an introductory exposition about the main presupposition of the Frankfurt School’s critical theory, from the exponents: Freitag (1988) and Matos (1993), as bases to access the works of the authors of the referred pedagogy. At the second chapter, an immanent exposition related to the pedagogy proposed by Giroux and McLaren is developed. At the third chapter, there is a general exposition of the marxian-lukacsian theoretical referential, which understands the labor as the social being basis, allowing the progress of the education complex as a labor act deployment, but keeping a relative autonomy in face to it. After this, is outlined a parallel between the radical or critical pedagogy and the educational presuppositions based on the marxian-lukacsian ontology, with the intention of uncovering the existent differences between this pedagogy and the presuppositions of the marxian-lukacsian ontology. / O presente trabalho dissertativo concerne em uma pesquisa de fundamento onto-histórico, que se pauta na ontologia marxiano-luckácsiana para análise do movimento do real. O objetivo central é realizar um estudo acerca dos pressupostos da chamada pedagogia crítica ou pedagogia radical, traçando, ademais, um paralelo entre tal teoria pedagógica, de caráter revisionista, e a teoria marxista, aqui reivindicada. Para tanto, foram elencados, respectivamente, escritos de Henry Giroux (1983 e 1997) e Peter McLaren (1997), e, no outro posto, Karl Marx (2000, 2004, 2010), Marx e Engels (1999a e 1999b) Luckács (1981), Mészáros (2000), Tonet (2001, 2002, 2007), Rabelo (2005), entre outros. No primeiro capítulo, encontra-se um apanhado histórico atinente ao desenvolvimento da Escola de Frankfurt, que, adiante, dará sua parcela de contribuição para o desenvolvimento da pedagogia crítica ou pedagogia radical. Há, ainda, uma exposição introdutória acerca dos principais pressupostos da teoria crítica da Escola de Frankfurt, a partir de intérpretes: Freitag (1988) e Matos (1993), como base para adentrarmos nos escritos dos autores da referida pedagogia. No segundo capítulo, é realizada uma exposição imanente relativa à pedagogia proposta por Giroux e McLaren. No terceiro capítulo, tem-se uma exposição geral do referencial teórico marxiano-luckácsiano, que compreende o trabalho como fundamento do ser social, chegando-se até o complexo da educação enquanto desdobramento do ato de trabalho, mas que guarda uma autonomia relativa perante ele. A seguir, traça-se um paralelo entre a pedagogia radical ou crítica e os pressupostos educacionais fundamentados na ontologia marxiano-luckásiana, com o propósito de pôr à luz as diferenciações existentes entre a referida pedagogia e os pressupostos da ontologia marxiano-lukácsiana.

FundaÃÃo Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e TecnolÃgico / O presente trabalho dissertativo concerne em uma pesquisa de fundamento onto-histÃrico, que se pauta na ontologia marxiano-luckÃcsiana para anÃlise do movimento do real. O objetivo central à realizar um estudo acerca dos pressupostos da chamada pedagogia crÃtica ou pedagogia radical, traÃando, ademais, um paralelo entre tal teoria pedagÃgica, de carÃter revisionista, e a teoria marxista, aqui reivindicada. Para tanto, foram elencados, respectivamente, escritos de Henry Giroux (1983 e 1997) e Peter McLaren (1997), e, no outro posto, Karl Marx (2000, 2004, 2010), Marx e Engels (1999a e 1999b) LuckÃcs (1981), MÃszÃros (2000), Tonet (2001, 2002, 2007), Rabelo (2005), entre outros. No primeiro capÃtulo, encontra-se um apanhado histÃrico atinente ao desenvolvimento da Escola de Frankfurt, que, adiante, darà sua parcela de contribuiÃÃo para o desenvolvimento da pedagogia crÃtica ou pedagogia radical. HÃ, ainda, uma exposiÃÃo introdutÃria acerca dos principais pressupostos da teoria crÃtica da Escola de Frankfurt, a partir de intÃrpretes: Freitag (1988) e Matos (1993), como base para adentrarmos nos escritos dos autores da referida pedagogia. No segundo capÃtulo, à realizada uma exposiÃÃo imanente relativa à pedagogia proposta por Giroux e McLaren. No terceiro capÃtulo, tem-se uma exposiÃÃo geral do referencial teÃrico marxiano-luckÃcsiano, que compreende o trabalho como fundamento do ser social, chegando-se atà o complexo da educaÃÃo enquanto desdobramento do ato de trabalho, mas que guarda uma autonomia relativa perante ele. A seguir, traÃa-se um paralelo entre a pedagogia radical ou crÃtica e os pressupostos educacionais fundamentados na ontologia marxiano-luckÃsiana, com o propÃsito de pÃr à luz as diferenciaÃÃes existentes entre a referida pedagogia e os pressupostos da ontologia marxiano-lukÃcsiana. / The present dissertative work concerns in a research that has an onto-historical foundation, which bases itself on the marxian-lukacsian ontology towards to an analysis of the movement of reality. The central objective is to make a study about the presuppositions of the critical or radical pedagogy, outlining, moreover, a parallel between this pedagogical theory, of a revisionist character, and the marxist theory, claimed by us. In order to reach this, it was chosen, respectively, works of the authors: Henry Giroux (1983 and 1997) and Peter McLaren (1997), and, at the other side, Karl Marx (2000, 2004, 2010), Marx and Engels (1999a and 1999b) LuckÃcs (1981), MÃszÃros (2000), Tonet (2001, 2002, 2007), Rabelo (2005), and others. At the first chapter, there is a historical summary which concerns to the evolution of Frankfurt School, that will after contribute with the development of the critical or radical pedagogy. There is also an introductory exposition about the main presupposition of the Frankfurt Schoolâs critical theory, from the exponents: Freitag (1988) and Matos (1993), as bases to access the works of the authors of the referred pedagogy. At the second chapter, an immanent exposition related to the pedagogy proposed by Giroux and McLaren is developed. At the third chapter, there is a general exposition of the marxian-lukacsian theoretical referential, which understands the labor as the social being basis, allowing the progress of the education complex as a labor act deployment, but keeping a relative autonomy in face to it. After this, is outlined a parallel between the radical or critical pedagogy and the educational presuppositions based on the marxian-lukacsian ontology, with the intention of uncovering the existent differences between this pedagogy and the presuppositions of the marxian-lukacsian ontology.