Oppression In Paulo Freire's The Banking Concept Of Education

“Challenge The Process” Oppression is the cause of many of the most severe and continuing conflicts in the world today. It lets certain groups of people take on a dominant position over other groups. Throughout the years many different groups have experienced some form of oppression. During the 1960s many innocent black individuals were faced with oppression. Blacks were treated unfairly by cops and white mobs due to the color of their skin. Cops were abusing their power and taking advantage of black individuals. Due to this, the Black Panther party was formed to end the oppression of blacks. Another conflict due to oppression in the world is a student teacher relationship. Many believe that the educational system is one-sided. Paulo Freire in “The Banking Concept of Education” talks about how the teacher student relationship is an important concept to understand. Freire believed this was an important concept to understand because it …show more content…
Freire refers to the educational system as being “banking” education, which he believes to be the wrong method, and recommends a new method of “problem posing” education which he believes to be more effective. Freire believes teachers and students need to always work together and develop the knowledge and consciousness that is necessary to overcoming oppression. Banking education is based on the concept that the teachers are depositors and the students are depositories. Freire states that in schools the students aren’t allowed to voice their opinion or express their ideas. Freire had the general impression that students only go to school to listen and receive information. In his essay he speaks about the teacher’s power that is seen and aware to both the teacher and the students and questions how can students learn with such a system. Freire believed the banking concept lacked creativity and should be