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Pedagogy Of The Oppressed

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Reader Response to “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” by Paulo Freire In “Pedagogy of the Oppressed”, Paulo Freire describes what he calls the “banking concept” of education. He then argues as to why we should not use the banking concept of education as teachers. The banking concept is when a teacher believes they are a genius on his or her content subject and treats the children’s minds as banks. The teacher just deposits his or her knowledge into the children’s minds without posing any real challenges or chance for student growth. Freire says, “Narration…leads the students to memorize mechanically the narrated account…it turns them into “containers” …to be “filled” by the teachers” (Freire 1). For years, a teacher has been judged on their ability

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