Paulo Freire The Banking Concept Of Education Summary
The “Banking” Concept of Education
At first glance “The “Banking” Concept of Education” conveys the rambling or ranting of a man angry about the education system. But if you read the article and the small biography of the author, you are able to understand the deep and critical analysis of what is wrong with education today. Paulo Freire thoroughly and comprehensively condemns the current educational system to support radical ideals that reflect from his own experiences. In the small biography of Paulo Freire we get an understanding of what kind of person Freire is, he has had a profound love of literature over the years (242). In addition he is involved with the education of others, he spent years teaching in “poverty stricken areas” in his …show more content…
“Narration leads the students to memorize mechanically the narrated content. Worse yet, it turns them into “containers,” “receptacles” to be “filled” by the teacher”. His particular use of words in his statements objectives the students striping them of human characteristics to show the lost of individuality. Not only does his use of words take away individuality it shows his emotions and his passion through every page. His message is extremely clear, the education is not beneficial and is lacking the fundamentals that are necessary for the real …show more content…
He criticizes the current status of teachers relationships with students and the lack thereof. Freire repeats over and over again that current relationship is one sided. The teachers deposit information and the students (“the containers”) take in the information without even processing it. Freire states that the correct student teacher relationship is two sided, the teacher and the student must learn something from one another “No one teaches another, nor is anyone self taught. People teach each other-” (250). Freire new ideal system brings student and teacher together for unification and allow all to “grow”. Freire emphasizes that his system brings in more freedom and less authority, “Authority must be on the side of freedom not against it”
At first glance “The “Banking” Concept of Education” conveys the rambling or ranting of a man angry about the education system. But if you read the article and the small biography of the author, you are able to understand the deep and critical analysis of what is wrong with education today. Paulo Freire thoroughly and comprehensively condemns the current educational system to support radical ideals that reflect from his own experiences. In the small biography of Paulo Freire we get an understanding of what kind of person Freire is, he has had a profound love of literature over the years (242). In addition he is involved with the education of others, he spent years teaching in “poverty stricken areas” in his …show more content…
“Narration leads the students to memorize mechanically the narrated content. Worse yet, it turns them into “containers,” “receptacles” to be “filled” by the teacher”. His particular use of words in his statements objectives the students striping them of human characteristics to show the lost of individuality. Not only does his use of words take away individuality it shows his emotions and his passion through every page. His message is extremely clear, the education is not beneficial and is lacking the fundamentals that are necessary for the real …show more content…
He criticizes the current status of teachers relationships with students and the lack thereof. Freire repeats over and over again that current relationship is one sided. The teachers deposit information and the students (“the containers”) take in the information without even processing it. Freire states that the correct student teacher relationship is two sided, the teacher and the student must learn something from one another “No one teaches another, nor is anyone self taught. People teach each other-” (250). Freire new ideal system brings student and teacher together for unification and allow all to “grow”. Freire emphasizes that his system brings in more freedom and less authority, “Authority must be on the side of freedom not against it”