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

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. 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

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, in particular of the

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Paulo Freire Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (19 September 1921 – 2 May 1997) was a Brazilian educator and philosopher whose work revolutionized global thought on education. He is best known for ''Pedagogy of the Oppressed'', in which he reimagines teaching ...

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