Analysis Of Paulo Freire's Philosophy On Emancipatory Education

The discussion below explores Paulo Freire’s philosophy on emancipatory learning or education whereby by he uses the term ‘banking education’ to describe the social representation of oppression and develops an emancipatory ‘problem-posing’ education in the form of conscientization projects related to social transformation. In this text the key words are emancipated and empowered. Emancipate means to liberate or free someone or something and to empower to allow someone or enable them to do what they desire (thesaurus.com, 2017).
Over the past, teachers were the resources of knowledge and the only ones who had power and authority which led to learners not being able to communicate effectively with them. This was observed during a learning process where by the teacher was not questioned or challenged and led to learners’ feelings, beliefs and understanding neglected, according to Paulo Freire this is known as the banking education which is described as the process of education where the teacher disposes information
In conclusion, for Freire, emancipatory education can only take place as separate schemes within an oppressive society and organization is only possible after a social revolution that is due to the defeat of the oppressor class and itself is a transformation plan where educators are agents of transformation. For transformation to be possible or successful, praxis which is translating an idea into action, must be sustained as an educational process to be a never an end for emancipatory education (Galloway,