Luigi Piccio (12 September 1920 – 10 March 2014) was an Italian activist and

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...

. Often referred to as Don Gino,Diocese of Casale Monferrato. (2014, March 13). L’ultimo saluto in duomo a don Gino Piccio. ''La vita casalese''. Retrieved from http://www.vitacasalese.it/lultimo-saluto-in-duomo-a-don-gino-piccio. Piccio was Italy's foremost expert on critical pedagogy, in particular of the

educational philosophy The philosophy of education is the branch of applied philosophy that investigates the nature of education as well as its aims and problems. It includes the examination of educational theories, the presuppositions present in them, and the arguments ...

of Paulo Freire.

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