This week we read a piece from "Education from Liberation" by Paulo Freire. The piece was based around what Paulo called the "Deposit banking education." This idea is based around how teachers do a disservice to their students by just giving out information and wanting their students to just recite it back. Another idea from this piece, is how a teacher can oppress students in the classroom. There were many other ideas around these ideas in the piece but for me a couple of things really stood out.
The oppression fact in the classroom can be real if a teacher is not careful. This is pointed out by segregating the students by how well they are doing in class or showing more attention to the student that the teacher may more relate to by others. This type behavior can have the student create negative self image about themselves or it may feed into some insecurities that the student may already have.
The "Deposit banking education" is doesn't help the student because the student is not leaning anything at all. The information being taught definitely has to be applied so it can be understood by the student. When this happens the students can explain what the teacher is looking for in their own words.
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