STEPHEN BROOKFIELD ON CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING SUMMARY

HOW DO YOU THINK FRANKFURT SCHOOL THOUGHTS CAN BE APPLIED TO TODAY IN OUR OWN CULTURE?

Firstly, I think that it is very difficult to find a way to apply a critical theory of thinking in education in our culture, as Frankfurt School proposes because we live in a society governed by dominant groups while subordinated groups are manipulated and controlled. Those dominant groups are the ones that build the system of education that teaches us how to obey to others or think as emancipated masses.
Nevertheless, the subordinated population is stronger than dominant groups, the problem is that we ignore that. So, we as future teachers are to show the new generations the power of our culture and encourage them to revolution the organization of the society, promoting analytic and critical thinking.