I am not really sure what to blog about. I have just read 'The "Banking" Concept of Education'. I don't really know what to think of it. I was very confusing. I didn't really understand what the concept of the essay was.. It discussed matters of teachers' superiority to students? I think that is somewhat of what it was about. Then it got into real deep thinking of the world and human existence.
Relating to the title, the word "banking" comes up often. I don't really understand what is meant by "banking". Freire says, "Those who use the banking approach, knowingly and unknowingly (for there are innumerable well-intentioned bank-clerk teachers who do not realize that they are serving only to dehumanize), fail to perceive that the deposits themselves contain contradictions..." (p.246)
The author also speaks in other languages a lot. He uses key words to get to his point that are written, in what seems, is Spanish and/or French.
Perhaps I would be able to understand the concept that Freire is trying to get across if he explained it in a easier context. I'm afraid the concept itself may be over my head, but if it were explained to be in a different way, then i may be able to grasp it.
Monday, September 15, 2008
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