The Banking Concept Of Education By Plato And Paulo Freire

In their work, Plato and Paulo Freire offer harsh critiques of education. Plato compares people to prisoners in a cave where no knowledge is circulating, and Freire refers to the “Banking Concept of Education” where teachers put their thoughts and information into students’ minds much like depositing money into a bank. Instead of this money being of value by benefitting students, Freire and Plato acknowledge oppressive teaching styles which result in the value declining because the students are mindlessly repeating what teachers tell them which means that they do not formulate their own opinions. If students do not generate their own opinions on anything, they will never learn to think for themselves; they will only walk away with their teacher’s …show more content…
Freire communicates that the power to overcome oppression will lead to real, true, undeniable understanding of themselves, each other, and the world (reality). This is valuable because this power will differentiate between ordinary and exhausted topics and extraordinary and innovative ones. I wholeheartedly endorse that Freire introduces problem-posing as the solution to the maltreatment and abuse of education. The untainted understanding of reality hinges on the discovery and tolerance toward it. Freire’s comment matters because it shows that asking questions and using the teacher-student status to represent equivalence, is how to begin to restore learning. This will lead to no limitation or restriction to improvement and, therefore, an improvement of teaching and studying. An example of this is when reporters, especially in this political race, ask pertinent questions to the presidential nominees. This keeps the nominees honest while telling the public to stand up and ask for the whole truth and to discover it for themselves. Both Freire and Plato compare the idea of seeing and believing and how people are not open to feedback or information that contradicts their thoughts since the basis of their thoughts rely on individual, personal experiences, so they feel that this challenges their