1. What stood out to you about each reading?
a. The first thing that stood out to me about both of these articles was the level at which they were written. The first time I attempted to read these articles, I got about halfway through and realized I didn't understand a single thing I had read. Ultimately, I ended up having to read these articles multiple times. Once I got past the unique sentence structure and the complex vocabulary I started to understand some of the issues being presented. From the first article, The Importance of the Act of Reading, I learned that reading is so much more than sounding out the words on a page. I always thought that if you could look at letters and pronounce the words on a page, you could read. I had never …show more content…
What stood out the most to me about the second article, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, was the relatability of what Freire was saying. I had never paid much thought to the power and dynamics present in the student-teacher relationship, but this article made me start to think about my experiences as a student. Reading this article was a roller coaster for my brain and emotions. At first, I was confused, then about halfway through the article I was feeling fired up and angsty, about three quarters of the way through the article things started to get philosophical and I started to feel little confused, but I found my way back, and by the end of the article I was feeling hopeful about how I can run my future classroom to ensure that I don't perpetuate the issues created by "the banking concept." Overall, I was not expecting to get all fired up on a Thursday afternoon over an article I was assigned for …show more content…
The problem-posing education model is one that aims to humanize the education process. "Problem posing education" focuses on creating a partnership between students and teachers. This model makes education a two-way street. My sophomore year I took a wonderful history class called "Struggle for Educational Access, Opportunity, and Equity in America." The class was set up in a tiered classroom and many of the classes revolved around discussions and debates. By the end of the semester, there were classes where our professor barely spoke, and we, the students, ran the class. Communication played a huge role in the success of that
a. The first thing that stood out to me about both of these articles was the level at which they were written. The first time I attempted to read these articles, I got about halfway through and realized I didn't understand a single thing I had read. Ultimately, I ended up having to read these articles multiple times. Once I got past the unique sentence structure and the complex vocabulary I started to understand some of the issues being presented. From the first article, The Importance of the Act of Reading, I learned that reading is so much more than sounding out the words on a page. I always thought that if you could look at letters and pronounce the words on a page, you could read. I had never …show more content…
What stood out the most to me about the second article, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, was the relatability of what Freire was saying. I had never paid much thought to the power and dynamics present in the student-teacher relationship, but this article made me start to think about my experiences as a student. Reading this article was a roller coaster for my brain and emotions. At first, I was confused, then about halfway through the article I was feeling fired up and angsty, about three quarters of the way through the article things started to get philosophical and I started to feel little confused, but I found my way back, and by the end of the article I was feeling hopeful about how I can run my future classroom to ensure that I don't perpetuate the issues created by "the banking concept." Overall, I was not expecting to get all fired up on a Thursday afternoon over an article I was assigned for …show more content…
The problem-posing education model is one that aims to humanize the education process. "Problem posing education" focuses on creating a partnership between students and teachers. This model makes education a two-way street. My sophomore year I took a wonderful history class called "Struggle for Educational Access, Opportunity, and Equity in America." The class was set up in a tiered classroom and many of the classes revolved around discussions and debates. By the end of the semester, there were classes where our professor barely spoke, and we, the students, ran the class. Communication played a huge role in the success of that