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?