Banking Concept Of Education

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One of the pillars of society since long time ago, the ones who spread their knowledge through generations of time, an instructor, this word resonates more than just job, but also a great responsibility to make the world a better one. They are considered the key to success in a nation. The famous novelist Paulo Freire in his article The Banking Concept of Education, talk about the impact that a mentor could do in a society. As he compares between concepts: banking concept of education, and problem-posing teaching style. Freire relates the banking concept with oppression and dictatorial instructor as he says, “the capability of banking education to minimize or annul the students’ creative power and to stimulate their credulity serves the interest…show more content…
Tolson behaves differently to the others instructors. The film based on the fifties years, displays the challenges of a group of debaters passing through an era where the segregation and discrimination was in its highest. Even though the surroundings tend instructors to teach as in a baking concept completely, Mr. Tolson strategically teaches his students combining both concepts of…show more content…
Tolson exposes a problem-posing teaching behavior is the way he acts towards some students in his class. The communicational relationship that Mr. Tolson develops with some of the students was different in regards the tone, and the motivational purposes. For example, with the student Ms. Booke, he develops a relationship of promoting motivation because of the student interest on debating, and her skills to argue. Another outstanding relationship between the instructor and a student was with Henry Lowe. Even though Mr. Lowe was arrogant and insubordinate, his debating passion captives Mr. Tolson’s attention developing a communicational relationship with the purpose of challenging Mr. Lowe. The last obvious communicational relationship that the professor established was with James Farmer, Jr. In contrast with the other two students, Mr. Farmer was a protruding student who knew every single popular phrase to argue. This special aspect of Mr. Framer drew the Mr. Tolson attention to a communicational relationship teacher-student, and student-teacher. These examples are the mere model of the problem posing described by Paulo Freire in his article The Banking Concept of Education. He refers communication as indispensable in problem-posing teaching style, as he says, “Problem-posing education regards dialogue as indispensable to the act of cognition which unveils reality” (252). Moreover, Freire says that with a communicational relationship teacher student
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