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Danielle Rogers
Ms. Sanford
Eng 100-11
Blog #5: Freire
The “Banking” Concept of Education
According to Freire, “The teacher is no longer the merely the-one-who-teaches, but one
who is himself taught in dialogue with the students, who in turn while being taught also
teach. They become jointly responsible for a process in which all grow.” (pg 249) While I was
in grammar school, I had experiences using both banking concept and problem posing. I used
each concept as a tool to help me learn different skills such as reading and writing. Here are two
experiences using the banking concept and problem posing.
When I began grade school I was taught by using the banking concept. The teacher
would deposit words in my head have me go home in learn those words. The next day in school
I would stand in front of the class and say my words out loud. I began with the word, The, Cat,
Bat, and Ball just to name a few. Once I finished saying my words, my teacher gave me a star
and told me good job on learning and saying all my words so perfectly.
It wasn’t until I got into 8th grade when I was using the problem posing, my teacher
would have me read out loud in front of the classroom, and I would stumble across some words.
That’s when my teacher word helps me out in pronouncing each of the words I may have
stumbled across while reading. After I finished reading my paragraph the teacher would assign a
paper, where I would have to write about what I have read. But before I leave, my teacher would
give a full dialogue on the book, so the class would have a clearer view/understanding of the
book.
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Well in grammar school until where I am today, college, I really enjoyed both the
banking concept and problem posing, because I was able to learn reading and writing by using
both methods. But I’ve been using the problem posing method throughout the pass few years,
in high school, I would give the teachers ideas about specific topics, and in college I would also
help my English professor out on different projects for the whole class to construct. With the
problem posing method, the teacher-and-students become partners. In with the partnership
between my teacher and me, this helped me to learn more flexible with all the one-on-one
training and tutoring. I not only was able to learn by using the problem posing, but I passed as
well.
Although I like using the problem posing, most of other classes are taught using the
banking concept, because the teacher wants the students to learn how to focus, study, and
prepare themselves for the world around them.
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