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Freire "Banking Education" （link： ） For this post, find a quote or two from Freire and use it to discuss your own experience with education. How does something specific that Freire says help you to better understand your own experience. This should be about 250 words and you should NOT summarize.Do your best with the Freire reading, and notice that the Blackboard post is only asking you to discuss a quote or two.
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The dialectical nature of Paulo Freire’s critique of traditional education resonates deeply with my own personal experiences as a student. One of Freire’s most compelling statements is: "Education thus becomes an act of depositing, in which the students are the depositories and the teacher is the depositor." This quote encapsulates the passive, one-sided approach to learning that I encountered during my early schooling years. As a student, I often felt like a vessel to be filled with knowledge, passively absorbing information without truly engaging with the material or questioning its relevance.
Freire’s critique helps me reflect on the limitations of that educational model, which prioritized rote memorization over critical thinking. It illuminated why I sometimes struggled to internalize concepts deeply, as I lacked opportunities to dialogue or challenge ideas, which hindered my development as an active learner. Recognizing this, I now understand the importance of an education that fosters dialogue, critical thinking, and mutual learning—principles Freire advocates in his problem-posing model.
This understanding has transformed how I view my academic journey. I now seek environments where active participation and dialogue are encouraged, believing that true education involves transforming learners from mere recipients into co-creators of knowledge. Freire’s insights affirm the necessity of education as a liberating process—one that empowers individuals by engaging them critically with the world around them.
References
Freire, P. (1970). Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Continuum International Publishing Group.
Freire, P. (2000). Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Heroic Struggle. Rowman & Littlefield.
Shor, I. (1992). Empowering Education: Critical Teaching for Social Change. University of Chicago Press.
Kincheloe, J. L. (2008). Knowledge and Critical Pedagogy: An Introduction. Springer.
McLaren, P. (2003). Critical Pedagogy: A Look at the Major Concepts. In P. McLaren & J. Kincheloe (Eds.), Critical Pedagogy (pp. 1-23). Peter Lang.
Brookfield, S. D. (2015). Learning as a Way of Leading: Lessons from the Struggling Classrooms. Jossey-Bass.
Freire, P. (2018). Pedagogy of Hope: Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Giroux, H. A. (2011). On Critical Pedagogy. Continuum International Publishing Group.
Darder, A. (2015). Reinventing Paulo Freire: A Pedagogy of Love. Routledge.
Freire, P., & Macedo, D. P. (1987). Literacy: Reading the Word and the World. Westview Press.