The `Banking` Concept of Education

Paulo Freire

The chapter provides detailed overview of life and activities of Paulo Freire . The chapter is of historical and cultural significance , because it aims at expanding existing knowledge about one of the key figures in history . It goes without saying that Paulo Freire is considered one of the most respected and known persons in the history of radical education . The chapter starts from biography of famous educator and proceeds to his activities , occupations and career in related sphere

Firstly , it is necessary to admit that Paulo Freire was born in Brazil

br Rectife , in 1921 and he spent many years working in poor regions of his homeland . Therefore , he was aware of poverty and difficulties connected with it . Actually , he couldn 't remain indifferent to people 's suffering and decided to develop methods how to teach illiterate people . It is a common knowledge that many poor people in those times didn 't known how to read and to write . Freire decided to devote his life to improve literacy among poor population . He taught not only children , but also adults how to think critically and , what was more important , how to take power over their lives . Moreover , he created his own classroom to make the process of teaching more comfortable , easier and more interesting . Students and teachers in that class were provided with equal rights and power . They were treated with dignity and respect . Such method of teaching was later considered a model for educating around the world

The net moment to mention is that Paulo Freire taught people in Europe the United States of America . He worked even for the government in Chile . There , as it is mentioned , he trained the teachers whose job it would be to bring modern agricultural methods to the peasants . Of course , Freire 's mission is honorable and should be respected . He worked out education programs for UNESCO , World Council of Churches , the Chilean Institute of Agrarian Reform , etc . Further , his famous works are Education for Critical Consciousness , The Politics of Education The Pedagogy of the Oppressed , etc

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