The Banking Concept Of Education
“The “Banking” Concept of Education”:
Destructive or Convstructive?
After reading Paulo Friere’s essay, “The “Banking” Concept of Education,” I have personally come to understand that his argument ultimately states that modern education is the chance for teacher or professors to “deposit” their knowledge into their students who submissively accept what they are taught without question. Freire believes that there is no shared knowledge between teacher and student; the path to knowledge is a one-way street. In my experiences as a student, I have encountered teachers who perfectly fit the description of Freire’s teachers (or “oppressors” as he refers to them). I have also encountered teachers who have proved to be the exact opposite of Freire’s description of the modern day teacher. These teachers made their classrooms an amazing environment where knowledge is shared between student and teacher, and also made the information being shared easier to retain. A difference in the way knowledge is taught helps many different student understand what type of teaching benefits them the most. The class that molded my positive outlook on education was my senior English class that was taught by a brilliant teacher named ___________. She is a young and incredibly bright young woman who graduated at the top of her class with a PhD in secondary education. She was an excellent teacher who had discussion with her class, rather than lectures. Overall, she understood that she could learn as much from her students as they could learn from her. Although Freire lists a number of qualities about “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education, none of these negative qualities were found in thisclassroom. He states 10 qualities on which he bases his argument. Rather than accepting these qualities, I believe that we should analyze each quality, interpret the quality, and find a better, more constructive alternative that would help better the student’s educational career, and the
Destructive or Convstructive?
After reading Paulo Friere’s essay, “The “Banking” Concept of Education,” I have personally come to understand that his argument ultimately states that modern education is the chance for teacher or professors to “deposit” their knowledge into their students who submissively accept what they are taught without question. Freire believes that there is no shared knowledge between teacher and student; the path to knowledge is a one-way street. In my experiences as a student, I have encountered teachers who perfectly fit the description of Freire’s teachers (or “oppressors” as he refers to them). I have also encountered teachers who have proved to be the exact opposite of Freire’s description of the modern day teacher. These teachers made their classrooms an amazing environment where knowledge is shared between student and teacher, and also made the information being shared easier to retain. A difference in the way knowledge is taught helps many different student understand what type of teaching benefits them the most. The class that molded my positive outlook on education was my senior English class that was taught by a brilliant teacher named ___________. She is a young and incredibly bright young woman who graduated at the top of her class with a PhD in secondary education. She was an excellent teacher who had discussion with her class, rather than lectures. Overall, she understood that she could learn as much from her students as they could learn from her. Although Freire lists a number of qualities about “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education, none of these negative qualities were found in thisclassroom. He states 10 qualities on which he bases his argument. Rather than accepting these qualities, I believe that we should analyze each quality, interpret the quality, and find a better, more constructive alternative that would help better the student’s educational career, and the