PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED chapter 2 discussion
Dec 27, 2015
PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED
chapter 2 discussion
I NEED YOUR HELP!
REWIND…
What is BANKING?What does it do?
WHY IS THIS PROBLEMATIC?
A Teacher who BANKS…•Active participant •is the narrator •knowledgeable •Existence is necessitated by the “ignorant student” •The description of reality is static•Examples do not draw from the students’ existential experiences.•Teaches w/o an explanation of meaning. •Education w/o meaning. •Rote memorization w/o understanding •Narration is memorized w/o contextualization •Gift Giver: The “gift” is knowledge
A Student who is BANKED to…•is the listener•-ignorant, [though not willfully ignorant, not misology] •-receptacle •-fails to recognize their ability to educate the teacher •-passive recipient: recipient of the “gift” of knowledge •-The more passive, the better the student.•
"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind
of the oppressed.”
-Steve Biko (Anti-Apartheid Activist in South Africa)
Freire considers this process of transferring information as
dehumanizing?
Dehumanize: To deprive of human qualities
Humanize: Seeing/ understanding an individual as a whole being
Marginalization
Definition: groups of people pushed to the periphery of groups who hold the power & privilege.
How is this perpetuated in schools?
Deficit Based Thinking
Students are not capable for whatever reasons; they are lacking.
Reasons based on pre-conceived notions, stereotypes, etc. that dictate how one treats
another.
Cultural Capital
The valuing & acknowledgement of the knowledge, emotions, experiences, talents, skills
that students have.
Problem-Posing Education• Dialogue - Teacher is taught in dialogue with
students. Teacher considers and “reconsiders”…
• Develops critical thinkers with purpose of freedom and liberation
• Creativity - “constant unveiling of reality” - a reality that is in process of transformation.
• Humanization • PRAXIS
How is this a humanistic act?