Paulo Freire's Educational Theory
Key Questions: What knowledge & skills are worthwhile learning? What are the goals of education?
Education should raise the awareness of the students so that become subjects, rather than objects, (as in the banking model) of the world. This is achieved by teaching students to think democratically, continually questions, & critically view everything they learn
Education should raise the awareness of the students so that become subjects, rather than objects, (as in the banking model) of the world. This is achieved by teaching students to think democratically, continually questions, & critically view everything they learn
Theory of Knowledge
Key Questions: What is knowledge? How is it different from belief? What is a mistake? What is a lie?
Knowledge is a social construct. Freire discussed two types of knowledge: practical and reflective. Beliefs are shaped into knowledge by discussion & critical reflection
Key Questions: What is knowledge? How is it different from belief? What is a mistake? What is a lie?
Knowledge is a social construct. Freire discussed two types of knowledge: practical and reflective. Beliefs are shaped into knowledge by discussion & critical reflection
Theory of Human Nature
Key Questions:What is a human being? How does it differ from other species? What are the limits of human potential?
The elite naturally believe that they are better & anything else is naturally inferior
The elite naturally believe that they are better & anything else is naturally inferior
Theory of Learning
Key Questions: What is learning? How are skills & knowledge acquired?
Focused on the banking theory previously mentioned in the previous posts. Students must construct knowledge from knowledge they already possess. Teachers must learn how the students understand the world so that the teacher understands how the student can learn. Learning is a process where knowledge is presented to us, then shaped through understanding, discussion, and reflection.
Focused on the banking theory previously mentioned in the previous posts. Students must construct knowledge from knowledge they already possess. Teachers must learn how the students understand the world so that the teacher understands how the student can learn. Learning is a process where knowledge is presented to us, then shaped through understanding, discussion, and reflection.
Theory of Transmission
Key Questions: Who is to teach? By what methods? What will the curriculum be?
Teaching is political and must be a democratic process to avoid teaching authority dependence. The student must construct knowledge in meaningful ways The teachers must become learners & the learners must become teachers.
Theory of Society
Key Questions: What is society? What institutions are involved in the educational process?
Freire asserts that educational institutions and more directly, the instructors who teach in them, will influence the views and beliefs of their students with their own views and beliefs and this can lead to disenfranchising less privileged students.
Theory of Opportunity
Key Questions: Who is to be educated? Who is to be schooled?
Freire had a deep desire to provide greater opportunity for the poor & oppressed people of the world, especially in Brazil.
Theory of Consensus
Key Questions: Why do people disagree? How is consensus achieve? Whose opinion takes precedence?
Disagreement can ultimately lead to growth & consensus; thus it should be conceived as normal and expected. Freire cautions when opinions are silenced in the name of control and order.
I will now spend an unknown number of days trying to wrap my head around these theories in hopes of better understanding them.
Key Questions: Why do people disagree? How is consensus achieve? Whose opinion takes precedence?
Disagreement can ultimately lead to growth & consensus; thus it should be conceived as normal and expected. Freire cautions when opinions are silenced in the name of control and order.
I will now spend an unknown number of days trying to wrap my head around these theories in hopes of better understanding them.
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