Problem-Posing Education Analysis
Arguments.
The education system that Freire reacted to.
Freire reacted to the banking education system. It saw learners as empty vacuums or clean slates.
The teacher becomes the sole provider of knowledge while learners take everything said whether they understand or not, they view this being in front of them as the supreme being of knowledge. There is little learning done. Learners become puppets of the system, reproducers of textbooks without referencing the author. Teachers are more concerned with delivering good results rather than teaching for understanding. We are left to deal with a society that knows but lack the skills to use what they know to change society. Our learners are deprived of the opportunity to develop a critical mind, …show more content…
We are using the problem posing education. The teachers doesn’t always play the major role in class, learners are able to engage in dialogue with the Supreme Being, interaction and exchange of knowledge becomes an everyday process. The teachers is also learning from the learners and learners are expanding their knowledge as the teacher clarifies and gives better explanation and adding to their previous knowledge. “Problem -posing Education” respects the experiences of the participants and builds on this experience in the educational process. It is education that is intended as a part of the process of groups working for change. It is education that serves to de-mystify political and economic systems in order for people adversely affected by those systems to better understand what is happening and to be more able to determine their own vision and make that a part of a more just and equitable world.” (The Highlander Research and Education Center 1997). Our education is on the right path to building an in destructive educational system. If the young men of the country are empowered and given the chance to use their minds for change, rest assured that society stands a great chance to be transformed. For education opens up minds and critical thinkers are born. More minds working together for a better solution rather than having one sole mind being the only hope of an
The education system that Freire reacted to.
Freire reacted to the banking education system. It saw learners as empty vacuums or clean slates.
The teacher becomes the sole provider of knowledge while learners take everything said whether they understand or not, they view this being in front of them as the supreme being of knowledge. There is little learning done. Learners become puppets of the system, reproducers of textbooks without referencing the author. Teachers are more concerned with delivering good results rather than teaching for understanding. We are left to deal with a society that knows but lack the skills to use what they know to change society. Our learners are deprived of the opportunity to develop a critical mind, …show more content…
We are using the problem posing education. The teachers doesn’t always play the major role in class, learners are able to engage in dialogue with the Supreme Being, interaction and exchange of knowledge becomes an everyday process. The teachers is also learning from the learners and learners are expanding their knowledge as the teacher clarifies and gives better explanation and adding to their previous knowledge. “Problem -posing Education” respects the experiences of the participants and builds on this experience in the educational process. It is education that is intended as a part of the process of groups working for change. It is education that serves to de-mystify political and economic systems in order for people adversely affected by those systems to better understand what is happening and to be more able to determine their own vision and make that a part of a more just and equitable world.” (The Highlander Research and Education Center 1997). Our education is on the right path to building an in destructive educational system. If the young men of the country are empowered and given the chance to use their minds for change, rest assured that society stands a great chance to be transformed. For education opens up minds and critical thinkers are born. More minds working together for a better solution rather than having one sole mind being the only hope of an