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The Implication of Paulo Freire's Banking Concept to the 8.4.4 System of Education in Kenya
AN EXAMINATION OF PAULO FREIRE’S BANKING CONCEPT AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE KENYAN EDUCATION SYSTEM.

MASTERS PROPOSAL PRESENTED BY:

OTIENO PHOEBE

KISII UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

JULY 2011

AN EXAMINATION OF PAULO FREIRE’S BANKING CONCEPT AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE KENYAN EDUCATION SYSTEM.

BY OTIENO PHOEBE

A MASTERS IN EDUCATION (MED) PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

JULY 2011

iii ABSTRACT

Education in any form, traditional or modern, shapes the destiny of society. Today, education is considered the critical soft-ware for development. But for it to play this role effectively there must be a cadre of competent teachers who have the zeal to see the learners fully grasp the contents presented and a curriculum which is convenient to the learners. Education is imparted to learners so as to bring them out of the dark cave of ignorance to the bright side of liberation. It is from this reason that the learner is taken through education so as to enhance his own development. Someone is considered to be educated if he has spent a number of years in school and has, as a result, gained a certificate or a diploma upon successful completion of the 8:4:4 systemq. Among the attributes that an educated person has among other include an enquiring mind and the ability to learn from what others do. A famous philosopher once said: “Those who have read of everything are tough to understand everything too; but it is not always so--reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what is read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections; unless we chew them over again, they will not give



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