Paulo Freire's purpose in "The Banking Concept of Education" appears to be men realizing their potential through problem-posing education. This education system requires open communication between teachers and students who continuously inform and challenge each other, which produces a critical thinking environment.
Joseph Harris defines a" project" as what an author intends to accomplish through her writing. Freire argues in favor of problem-posing education because it causes people to reflect "on themselves and on the world, [and to] increase the scope of their perception," and it produces "authentic form of thought and action" (Freire 215-6).
Freire insists that problem-posing education inspires students to see their potential as individuals and that they can change the world. Human beings are constantly transforming and impacting the future. Freire explains that if oppressors (teachers) hinder students from free thinking and communication then they commit an act of violence. Individuals desire learning and seeking knowledge about themselves, and when deprived of such, they become insolent and could become oppressors themselves thus continuing the cycle of abuse.
Freire readily rejects the banking concept of education, which involves teachers depositing knowledge into "complacent" students.
Banking concept is not a useless concept as every novice must begin somewhere in her education. She can't communicate in an intellectual discussion if she knows nothing from the start. Public school systems should promote both banking concept and problem-posing education systems because students should learn from professionals and also discuss what they're learning. A teacher benefits from this free discussion because she bonds with her students and can better serve them where they struggle and succeed.
Some flashpoints in the text...
The block quote about necrophily. Freire limits himself with this connection because he's comparing banking concept students as these mechanical parrots who lack vitality and substance. That pushes the banking concept into an exaggerated evil.
"Anger" and "suffering" It is an interesting idea that men become angry when they cannot think freely and seek their potential.
Freire's writing aims to educate a reader about two different kinds of education: banking concept and problem-posing. He notes the differences between the two concepts, but he heavily favors problem-posing to the point that he alienates banking concept as some unnamed darkness much like Lord Voldemort.
Freire's methods include some block quotes, lettered bullet points, French quotes, and italics for emphasis and terms. He utilizes philosophical and political strategies. Philosophical by discussing men's potential and affect in the world and political by expressing society's use of oppressors and oppressed.
"The Banking Concept of Education" has an ongoing emotional drive for social injustice. It feels like an irritated young adult making the transition to adulthood, and she realizes she's ill-prepared for the world. Freire continually encourages a sense of wickedness on behalf of the banking concept while avoiding any possible benefits for the system.
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