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Banking Concept Of Education

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27 August 2010

Banking Concept of Education

In a variety of philosophic beliefs about education , Paulo Freire 's concept of banking education is , probably , the most interesting important , and controversial . Freire 's Banking concept of education presents and reconsiders conventional approaches to education in the new light . For Freire , the Banking concept of education is the reflection of the inconsistencies and flaws in how modern teachers view , perceive and describe the various dimensions of reality to their students . The main thesis

of Freire 's paper is that the modern process of education is a predetermined sequence of numerous acts of depositing , in which students patiently receive and repeat the knowledge deposits from the teacher as a result , knowledge turns into a gift , granted by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those who are believed to know nothing The basic implication of Freire 's book is in that only through invention , reinvention , creativity , and inquiry can knowledge emerge giving men a unique opportunity to become the restless pursuers of the world they live in

Freire 's Banking concept of education developed , as he was trying to better understand the flaws and failures in the educational system of his native Brazil . The poor results of the educational process led Freire to believe that the core of all educational problems was in how teachers viewed the process of transferring knowledge from them to students . Ultimately , Freire 's philosophy turned into the reflection of the numerous dimensions...

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