Summary Of 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 homeland, developing methods and
He criticizes the current status of teachers' relationships with students and the lack thereof. Freire repeats over and over again that the 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” (250). Here his persuasion is the most appealing he speaks of relationship many people have never known throughout their student life. Not only does he pursue a new type of relationship between the students and the teachers but as well as a new type of thinking. Less of complex logical
It first seemed that he was just rambling, ranting and raving, but it revealed to be more detailed and descriptive than that. Then I first believed it to be a detailed rant about the educational system. Although Freire makes good points about our educational system today and our relationships with our teachers, it seems there is no real main point to take out of this essay. He states over and over again that the system is faulty, but his ending statement calls for revolutionary unity. There is no insinuated reason he wrote this there are many possible reasons he could have done this. If you skim through or just read over it once the point is very unclear and undetectable. But after further review, I conclude that the purpose of this article was to open the eyes of his audience. With his passion in every word, it's given him an angry assertive tone. He has written this essay on a topic that he is familiar and comfortable with. His very knowledgeable on the topic due to his extensive background, this is a topic is something that he has faced through the years. His certain choice words not only sway or persuade the reader it does something more it ignites something in the reader whether it may be anger or frustration. It gets the reader to think they have had no true control in the subject, that we have lost something throughout the years. His use of words comparing humans to humanlike