Paulo Freire

mind? Have you ever stood up in front of a classroom of silent students and talked about a particular topic for an agonizing few hours? All you do is listen to the teacher without voicing your outlook. If you have, then you are aware with what Paulo Freire defines as the “banking concept of education” from his paper “The Banking Concept of Education”. He defines this concept as harmful to the educational system, due to no interactions between the student and teacher. The students will not be…

The book Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire is an eye-opening experience. It explains the relationship between the oppressed and their oppressors. As well as examining the characteristics and principles of both parties. In the book, it lays out some themes/ elements that can be applied or reflected upon in your own life. The term that really spoke to me was self- depreciation. Self-depreciation is another characteristic of the oppressed, which derives from their internalization of the…

Today’s society has an interminable hunger for knowledge. Being that knowledge is sold as the key to success and a brighter future. More than ever certain levels of knowledge and vocation are required to be employed. Education plays an intricate role in everyone’s life. The purpose of it is to make one informed of what the world has to offer and Education should unlock the potential inside a person. The education system shows awareness of civilization’s progression but does not fully equips…

unable to think critically about what he read. His need to fit in and succeed outweighed his ability to form opinions other than that of the teachers. This type of education can be closely related to the “banking” method of education made famous by Paulo Freire in his essay “The Banking Concept of Education”. There is a section of Freire’s essay which explains how teachers have their students leave their culture at the classroom door and adapt their new ideas as their own realities. “Those who…

The term ‘Cultural Hegemony’ was originally founded and attributed to Antonio Gramsci. Antonio Gramsci was a 1920’s leading Italian Marxist theoretician and politician who however did not agree with the Marxist view. He used the concept to ‘address the relation between culture and power under capitalism’ (Lears 1985). Gramsci gave no pinpoint or specific definition of cultural hegemony but it can be rreferred to as the domination of the cultural society by the ruling class through ideological…

According to Paulo Freire, a Brazilian educator and philosopher who was an advocate of critical pedagogy, “the trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people” and the Book of Psalms provides worshippers with prayers, poems and hymns with thoughts on God in praise and adoration. Through symbolism, vivid imagery and comforting emotional appeals, Psalm 23 allows Israelites to trust in God and be able to follow Him without a second thought. The use of the…

When I think about the meaning of community organizing, I recall a selective memory of my elementary school years. I recall being in Zamora, Michoacan and the teacher telling us that one of our classmate father just passed away. As I just want to point out that the elementary school was on the outskirts of Zamora, and everyone knew each others family. Personally, I knew the señor Francisco Peña but knew him as Don Pancho, he was the carnicero in the area of Valenica. Thus, as I heard the news,…

levels of regulation from the government. Regulations in education is important to the contributing factors of failing educators. They suffer from restrictions, regulations, the very format of teaching itself, as well as Narration Sickness. To Paulo Freire students suffer from Narration Sickness as they listen repeatedly to the teachers and their nonchalant teachings. Teachers however, suffer from Narration Sickness too, but in the form of structure. Their regulations are placed on them by the…

My assignment for discussion 6 was to summarize the assigned readings. Our first reading was called “Engaged Pedagogy” by Bell Hooks. This reading was a very interesting reading on how Hooks describes her experiences as a teacher and a student. The second was actually not a reading but a podcast that was assigned for us to listen to. The podcast was called “The problem we all live with” by This American Life. Which talks about desegregation and integration within schools. I have personally never…

and his followers challenged the structures of racial and economic injustice in Albany, Birmingham. SAILS-DUNBAR, T. T. (2017). A Case Study Analysis of the "Letter from Birmingham Jail": Conceptualizing the Conscience of King through the Lens of Paulo Freire. Pursuit: The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee, 8(1), 139-148. As told by Brown, T. M., & Fee, E. (2008). Spinning for India's Independence. American Journal Of Public Health, 98(1), 39.Gandhi was taken in…