Summary Of Freire's And Noddings

3. The author compares today’s school system to that of the past, which concerned itself with teaching students,

“Education in the life of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in substance and the purpose of current pedagogy”

Education has had three phases of development according, to Van Krieken, 2013. Each phase being associated with a set of beliefs about the nature and purpose of education. Firstly, the advent of the modern system from the mid-19th century to World War II, influenced chiefly by liberal humanist ideas. Secondly, post World War II expansion into the late 1970’s was influenced by social democratic beliefs. Finally, the increased marketisation of education which has been influenced by neoliberalism since the 1980’s (Krieken, 2013, p. 149).

The current generation is extremely fortuitous to have so many advancements in life, as technology for example. Yet, although advancements with all the technology is seen as a positive impact, it in fact is a major flaw on the society's education. The current generation often disregards what is happening to the education system and feels there is no effect on them as a community. The education system is slowly deteriorating in the way that it is no longer preparing students for the world of work, nor creating critical thinkers with decent moral values, and as well as not teaching students to be life long-thinkers and successful citizens (Venturini). In this way, the education system is creating a generation of obliviousness.

The role of a teacher is to motivate and guide students in their learning process. A teacher will become one of the main influences in a students’ life. Therefore, it is up to the teacher to help the students’ through their progress in education the best way they can. The importance of teaching doesn’t lie in the amount of information a teacher can provide a student with but in the value the teacher gives to the information. The best way to describe can be by using poetry as an example. The words in the poem mean so much more than just what is on the paper. There is the rhythm, alliteration, tone and mood to take in consideration. Teaching is the same because we must consider the student not as he presents himself, but as a person that is made of many complexities. The way to make a difference in the lives of the students is by treating them as a living poem that requires our complete attention to deliver the best results. Students have the capacity to learn as much as we want to teach them and therefore we should encourage them to follow the path not because it’s for their own good but because they enjoy it.

Paulo Freire, one of the most influential radical educators of the world, believes that today’s education is substandard. In his essay “The Banking Concept of Education”, he discusses the classroom dynamic between students and teachers. He defines the "banking" concept as narration, with the teacher being the narrator and the students as “containers”, mechanically memorizing the information narrated by the teacher. Freire's main argument is that the "banking" concept as a whole is not helpful or beneficial to the students and needs to be removed from today’s education. What he proposes instead is the so-called “problem-posing” concept of education which focuses on the teacher posing questions and real life problems for students to discuss,

Today’s educational system as a whole can gain the confidence to unlearn it’s archaic way of learning in the classrooms if it realizes the possibilities and endless potential the 21st century student

Many establishments in the educational system change as culture unfolds (Van Brummelen, 2002, p. 81). The reason that change is necessary in the educational curriculum, is for the reason that in the past decade, there has been an emergence of expansions that are performing research-based, top practice teaching strategies, which are escorted by discoveries regarding learning and learners. With change, it is predominant throughout our school in the U.S. In our country, these changes are taking place rapidly, against a framework of the move from an industrialized economy that is solely constructed on the universal traffic of information. In America, our nation has progressed to a post-modern civilization. In our schools, they are not designed to prepare our children for the needed knowledge our economy or its demand for the effects over the process.

With the passing of time the national mentality has changed and this is reflected in the new generations with greater opportunities, ways of thinking and see our reality, which generates a greater knowledge but at the same time a greater discontent with our reality, resulting in if beneficial for certain educational sectors that not long ago were unknown.

An argument can be made that the education system in the world suffers as a direct result of the educators. After reading a famous essay by the philosopher Paulo Freire titled “The Banking Concept of Education,” from Pedagogy of the Oppressed, gives the reader an insight on the education system with it’s downfalls. The “banking concept” of education is a form of education where the teacher has all the knowledge and information on a particular subject matter and teaches it to subjects. These subjects or students are viewed as empty brains, leaving it up to the teacher to fill the brains with relevant information to the subject.

In this reading from the book “THE PEDOGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED”, the author Paulo Freire tackles three various types of educational styles and their direct influence on the student and the society. The liberation teaching style, the narrative technique, and the banking style of teaching. As the title suggests, there are two educational styles directed to the oppressed and the oppressor. These are; the banking and the narrative educational style. Paulo Freire in a very persuasive way argues, the only way to transform people 's lives as a teacher is the use of the liberation approach where students are giving the freedom to express themselves and communicate with the teacher to help the students understand the methods used in teaching. This helps students interact, ask questions and solve problems with both their peers and the teacher. According to Pianta, “Positive student- teacher relationships are characterized by open communication, as well as emotional and academic support that exist between students and teachers”. The other approach is the narrative and the banking techniques of teaching. These approaches make students not think critically and the author points out how useless it is for students.

Nietzsche, Freire, and Noddings all shared elements of postmodern worldview in their writings. The main idea in postmodern worldview is that knowledge comes from and is learned through the community. All three authors demonstrated this in their writings. However, the topics in these writings discuss how to improve education. The authors want to change the current ways of teaching which doesn’t take into account the student as an individual. It was also clear that it is not only the educator’s job, but also the responsibility of the entire community to educate students. This shows that a priority of postmodern worldview holds on education and that the educators have to make changes to benefit the students.

In this piece of his writing, Freire focuses on the correlation between students and teachers. He talks about how this relationship is handled incorrectly, using what he calls, the banking concept of Education. This concept consists of the teacher simply depositing information into a student in a very lifeless manner, similarly to how a person would deposit money into a bank account. Freire argues that students are seen as objects rather than humans; the fact that students are viewed this way, really limits their creativity and reduces their sense of individualism. I concur with Freire; a lack of creativity can reduce future innovation. Reducing innovation would lead to a halt in progress regarding various aspects of society.

Schooling went through many stages from its first appearance going through Greek education, “watching and imitating” system, French, American schooling systems, etc… Each generation, since the beginning of human existence, seek to pass the cultural and social traditions, religion and ethics and skills for the next generation using all these different methods and models. However, since the nineteenth century, the way that educators and government look to education has changed radically. Actually most , if not all of them, believed that there should be some changes in the ways of teaching in order to achieve their ”ideal” image of education. That is why they conducted a new model of education called “alternative

In his essay “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education” Freire describes the faults in our current educational system and the method he believes should replace it. He shows how the banking concept of education creates an environment where students just receive and store information, but never question why things are the way they are.Then goes on to explain how in the banking concept teachers act as if they are superior to the students by referring to teachers as oppressors and students as oppresses. In his essay Freire also gives a solution to the problems he describes in the banking concept. It’s called the problem posing method and it is an interactive way of learning where your mind is more engaged. This is a liberating educational experience where teachers and students are equal. That the teacher learns with the student and encourages them. He then describes how these two different methods affect the