Banking Concept Of Education
Freire's "The Banking Concept of Education"
We've all been students at some point in our lives, but how we are taught as students varies on the teacher and the technique. In the "Banking Concept of Education" it is stated that knowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider to know nothing, it also suggests that the thought of teachers teach and students are taught is old and outdated. I agree with Freire's "Banking Concept of Education" in that in order for a student to become a well rounded individual they need to not be suppressed but encouraged to learn and question different teachings. First, students and teachers should work together to advance their education and keep students …show more content…
Freire notes this by stating "students, as they are increasingly posed with problems relating to themselves in the world and with the world, will feel increasingly challenged and obliged to respond to that challenge. Because they apprehend the challenge as interrelated to other problems within a total context, not as a theoretical question, the resulting comprehension tends to be increasingly critical and thus constantly less alienated. Their response to the challenge evokes new challenges, followed by new understandings; and gradually the students come to regard themselves as committed." (Freire 263) This passage from Freire clarifies that in order for students to become involved in their learning they must actively participate, yet they wont want to actively participate if the items they are learning have nothing to do with them. Most people want to talk about themselves, this also applies to learning, they want to learn things that apply to them, or relate to them. If the things that they are learning have nothing to do with what they experience they are more than likely going to lose interest thus turning school into a social event. Adams had his own experience with socially accepted schooling when he attended Harvard, "For generation after generation, Adamses and Brookses and Boylsotons and Gorhams had gone to Harvard College, and although none of them, as far as known had ever done any good there, or thought himself the better for it, custom, social ties, convenience, and, above all, economy, kept each generation in the track. Any other education would have required a serious effort, but no one took Harvard College seriously. All went there because their friends went there, and the College was their
We've all been students at some point in our lives, but how we are taught as students varies on the teacher and the technique. In the "Banking Concept of Education" it is stated that knowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider to know nothing, it also suggests that the thought of teachers teach and students are taught is old and outdated. I agree with Freire's "Banking Concept of Education" in that in order for a student to become a well rounded individual they need to not be suppressed but encouraged to learn and question different teachings. First, students and teachers should work together to advance their education and keep students …show more content…
Freire notes this by stating "students, as they are increasingly posed with problems relating to themselves in the world and with the world, will feel increasingly challenged and obliged to respond to that challenge. Because they apprehend the challenge as interrelated to other problems within a total context, not as a theoretical question, the resulting comprehension tends to be increasingly critical and thus constantly less alienated. Their response to the challenge evokes new challenges, followed by new understandings; and gradually the students come to regard themselves as committed." (Freire 263) This passage from Freire clarifies that in order for students to become involved in their learning they must actively participate, yet they wont want to actively participate if the items they are learning have nothing to do with them. Most people want to talk about themselves, this also applies to learning, they want to learn things that apply to them, or relate to them. If the things that they are learning have nothing to do with what they experience they are more than likely going to lose interest thus turning school into a social event. Adams had his own experience with socially accepted schooling when he attended Harvard, "For generation after generation, Adamses and Brookses and Boylsotons and Gorhams had gone to Harvard College, and although none of them, as far as known had ever done any good there, or thought himself the better for it, custom, social ties, convenience, and, above all, economy, kept each generation in the track. Any other education would have required a serious effort, but no one took Harvard College seriously. All went there because their friends went there, and the College was their