I found it much easier to write about my re-read of Freire’s essay then when I read it close for the first time. It came easier because I already had a general idea of what exactly Freire was talking about. I really liked having a question because that way I didn’t have to come up with a theme because it was provided for me which was different education strategies verses ways of teacing and the way that different ways people learn. In the re-read, I focused on question number 3 which says: A writer can be thought of as a teacher and a reader as a student. If you think of Freire as your teacher in this essay, does he enact his own principles? Does he speak to you as thou he were making deposits in a bank? Or is there a way in which the essay allows for dialogue?
I said yes to the first question that is asked. Yes, Freire does have principles. He likes his students to have freedom of thoughts. He says it’s important to learn though experience which you will be more likely to use in the future. It is critical to your learning skills to develop your thoughts because that is useful for many reason. You can visualize about what you are thinking and it helps you look at the world in different directions not from just one view point. In our critical literacy class our teacher lets us express our thoughts and we enjoy different discussions. I love that about our class because it also helps everyone to participate together and be involved.
In a classroom it is important for the student and the teacher to communicate back and forth. If the teacher just speaks the whole time, most students will lose interest because not all student learn the same way and most aren’t auditory learners. That percentage is very small. Interaction between the student and the teacher is common in most classrooms. It makes it easier on the student because he or she can give their own idea and their thoughts and put them out there. Your not constricted to the teachers way only and having to do what the teacher says. I like having a teacher that communicates well and learns from their students. Having monotone lectures is definatly not fun. Many teachers lose their students because of this. Communication between the student and teacher is very crucial.
I like Freire’s idea of “liberation” education. This is the point where you are free to express your opinions. Hearing different viewpoints and also to other students opinions, gives you different perspectives. You have your own opinions and others have their own. They may not be right but they are most definatly not wrong because it is their thoughts not yours. You can tell that in Freire’s essay he likes liberation education much better then the banking concept because it is a pore in and pore out concept because with the banking concept it is just the teacher pores in but the students don’t pore out.
The final thing that Freire talks about just amazed me. He didn’t just mention strategies and ways of teaching in the essay but that someone can have opinions and thoughts about the world. This gives you the chance to have an imagination. You can expand your knowledge and see the world how you want to. Your not trapped to see the world how others do and making it seam still and dead. Instead, you can look at the world as creative and active as you want. You can also make a difference in the world. Some example are if you want to help out the homeless or help the orphans. I like this quote from Freire, “Those truly committed to liberation must reject the banking concept in its entirety, adopting instead a concept of women and men as conscious beings. They must abandon the educational goal of deposit-making and replace it with the posing of the problems of human beings in their relations with the world.” He is encouraging you to think on your own and for you to expand your life experience.
Citation:
Bartholomae, David, and Anthony Petrosky. Ways of Reading An Anthology for writers. Boson: Bedford/St. Martins, 2008.
I said yes to the first question that is asked. Yes, Freire does have principles. He likes his students to have freedom of thoughts. He says it’s important to learn though experience which you will be more likely to use in the future. It is critical to your learning skills to develop your thoughts because that is useful for many reason. You can visualize about what you are thinking and it helps you look at the world in different directions not from just one view point. In our critical literacy class our teacher lets us express our thoughts and we enjoy different discussions. I love that about our class because it also helps everyone to participate together and be involved.
In a classroom it is important for the student and the teacher to communicate back and forth. If the teacher just speaks the whole time, most students will lose interest because not all student learn the same way and most aren’t auditory learners. That percentage is very small. Interaction between the student and the teacher is common in most classrooms. It makes it easier on the student because he or she can give their own idea and their thoughts and put them out there. Your not constricted to the teachers way only and having to do what the teacher says. I like having a teacher that communicates well and learns from their students. Having monotone lectures is definatly not fun. Many teachers lose their students because of this. Communication between the student and teacher is very crucial.
I like Freire’s idea of “liberation” education. This is the point where you are free to express your opinions. Hearing different viewpoints and also to other students opinions, gives you different perspectives. You have your own opinions and others have their own. They may not be right but they are most definatly not wrong because it is their thoughts not yours. You can tell that in Freire’s essay he likes liberation education much better then the banking concept because it is a pore in and pore out concept because with the banking concept it is just the teacher pores in but the students don’t pore out.
The final thing that Freire talks about just amazed me. He didn’t just mention strategies and ways of teaching in the essay but that someone can have opinions and thoughts about the world. This gives you the chance to have an imagination. You can expand your knowledge and see the world how you want to. Your not trapped to see the world how others do and making it seam still and dead. Instead, you can look at the world as creative and active as you want. You can also make a difference in the world. Some example are if you want to help out the homeless or help the orphans. I like this quote from Freire, “Those truly committed to liberation must reject the banking concept in its entirety, adopting instead a concept of women and men as conscious beings. They must abandon the educational goal of deposit-making and replace it with the posing of the problems of human beings in their relations with the world.” He is encouraging you to think on your own and for you to expand your life experience.
Citation:
Bartholomae, David, and Anthony Petrosky. Ways of Reading An Anthology for writers. Boson: Bedford/St. Martins, 2008.