Development and ChangeVolume 40, Issue 6 p. 1255-1267 Legacies Paulo Freire: Education for Development Moacir Gadotti, Moacir Gadotti obtained his PhD in Education Sciences from the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He is professor at the University of São Paulo (Brazil) and director of the Paulo Freire Institute. He has written many books, among them Reading Paulo Freire: His Life and Work (SUNY Press, 1994), Pedagogy of Praxis: A Dialectical Philosophy of Education, with a preface by Paulo Freire (SUNY Press, 1996) and Paulo Freire: A Bibliobiography (IPF, 1996). He can be contacted at Instituto Paulo Freire, Rua Cerro Corá, 550, 05061-100 São Paulo (SP), Brazil.Search for more papers by this authorCarlos Alberto Torres, Carlos Alberto Torres Professor of Social Sciences and Comparative Education and Diector of the Paulo Freire Institute at UCLA, is a political sociologist of education who has authored more than 65 books, and more than 250 research articles. His most recent book is Globalizations and Education. Collected Essays on Class, Race, Gender, and the State, with an Introduction by Michael W. Apple and an Afterword by Pedro Demo (Teachers College Press–Columbia University Press, 2009). He can be contacted at 1009 Moore Hall, Box 951521, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521, USA.Search for more papers by this author Moacir Gadotti, Moacir Gadotti obtained his PhD in Education Sciences from the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He is professor at the University of São Paulo (Brazil) and director of the Paulo Freire Institute. He has written many books, among them Reading Paulo Freire: His Life and Work (SUNY Press, 1994), Pedagogy of Praxis: A Dialectical Philosophy of Education, with a preface by Paulo Freire (SUNY Press, 1996) and Paulo Freire: A Bibliobiography (IPF, 1996). He can be contacted at Instituto Paulo Freire, Rua Cerro Corá, 550, 05061-100 São Paulo (SP), Brazil.Search for more papers by this authorCarlos Alberto Torres, Carlos Alberto Torres Professor of Social Sciences and Comparative Education and Diector of the Paulo Freire Institute at UCLA, is a political sociologist of education who has authored more than 65 books, and more than 250 research articles. His most recent book is Globalizations and Education. Collected Essays on Class, Race, Gender, and the State, with an Introduction by Michael W. Apple and an Afterword by Pedro Demo (Teachers College Press–Columbia University Press, 2009). He can be contacted at 1009 Moore Hall, Box 951521, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521, USA.Search for more papers by this author First published: 15 December 2009 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.2009.01606.xCitations: 47 The authors of this paper are founding Directors of the Paulo Freire Institute (PFI). The first Paulo Freire Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, was created in 1991 by Moacir Gadotti, Carlos Alberto Torres, José Eustaquio Romão, Francisco Gutierrez and Walter García, with the contributions of Paulo Freire as ‘patrono’ and signatory of the organizational charter of the Institute in São Paulo. In the following years, a number of other PFIs were established, including the Paulo Freire Institutes of Portugal, Spain, Italy, Argentina, India, South Africa, Taiwan and Korea (in formation), and PFI of the University of California at Los Angeles in the USA. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume40, Issue6FORUM 2009November 2009Pages 1255-1267 RelatedInformation