Youth and adult people's literacy and the ontological vocation to be more: what Paulo Freire's thought tells us

Abstract

It is a bibliographical study that follows a qualitative approach in which we reflect on the ontological vocation for “being more”, defended by Paulo Freire. For that, we go through the pedagogical perspective of literacy for young people and adults, affirming that this premise allows the subjects to be (re)creators and to (re)make themselves as beings of autonomy. The work is anchored in the light of the thought of Freire (1979, 2009), Ana Freire (2014) and Hanh (2021). We understand that the course of literacy, in tune with the ontological statute, provides the students conditions that will allow them to recognize themselves as subjects and, thus, reveal their conscience in the sense of initiating a disruption with the oppressive forces that contribute to not allow them "being more". However, for this cycle to be completed and the proposal to materialize as liberating, it is necessary for students and educators to reach awareness and humanization, understanding that the oppressor is not free either.