Essays on Freire

A Closer Glimpse on the Key Terms

As previously observed, it is possible to draw parallels between the following essays and movies and play “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education” by Paulo Freire and Dead Poets Society, “The Achievement of Desire” by Richard Rodriguez and Six Degrees of Separation, and “Ways of Seeing” by John Berger and The Matrix. All three works raise a number of important issues, manifestations of which may be found on the example of the characters of these films and plays. Thus, there are such key terms notions as critical thinking, education, class conflict, racial divide, and power of perspective, which can be ...

Writing on a complex problem like adult learning can itself be a complex process. An adult student’s cultural literacy is formed over a lifetime of experiences with the written word and encompasses their expectations, their goals, and their understanding of their relationship to the broader world. It is no surprise, then, that I faced several challenges as I began to explore this issue and its impact on the educational experience. Being able to explain a complex concept to others requires you to first reach a complete understanding of the topic—no small task in itself, when faced with ...

The quality of the relationship between the teachers and the students is an important aspect in learning, because it helps both teachers and students achieve their potential. Learning happens best in an environment that is conducive for both the teacher and the student. Forming a good and lasting relationship doesn’t absolutely ensure that the learning process is a success, but it does make it more possible. In essence, teaching has to be about more than simply providing students with information, and instead focus on building relationships and encouraging students to invest in their own learning. As such, a ...

For the traditional student, college is the next step after high school. He takes only a few months off between high school and college as he did between the previous 12 years of his scholastic life, a whirlwind transition that leaves little time for maturation or new life experiences between being a senior in one place and a freshman in the next. Adult learners, however, bring a fully-formed identity as an adult with them into the college classroom. Educationally, they may have finished high school several years prior, not have finished high school at all, or be completing a ...

For the traditional student, college is the next step after high school. He takes only a few months off between high school and college as he did between the previous 12 years of his scholastic life, a whirlwind transition that leaves little time for maturation or new life experiences between being a senior in one place and a freshman in the next. Adult learners, however, bring a fully-formed identity as an adult with them into the college classroom. Educationally, they may have finished high school several years prior, not have finished high school at all, or be completing a ...

The relationship between the teachers and the students is an important aspect in learning. As it helps both teachers and students achieve their potential. Learning happens best in an environment that is conducive for both the teacher and the student. Forming a good and lasting relationship doesn’t absolutely ensure that the learning process is a success, but it does make it more possible. It can increase the participation of the students in classes and improve the relationship they have with their fellow students. This doesn’t mean that every strong student-teacher relationship will guarantee great learning. There are ...

Education as a Practice of Liberation

Introduction Paulo Freire is the ideologue who formulated and offered his vision and approach to modern education. In the essay, "The Concept of Banking Education”, Freire states that in the modern education system mechanical approach dominates, so he offers his own problem-posing educational method, which allows studying freely. Those, who truly seek after the liberation, should completely reject the "banking" concept of education, and instead embrace the concept of humans as thinking beings and consciousness, which is oriented to the world. This definition of Freire’s approach is "explicit". Such people should stop to consider the purpose of education " ...

For the traditional student, college is the next step after high school. He takes only a few months off between high school and college as he did between the previous 12 years of his scholastic life, a whirlwind transition that leaves little time for maturation or new life experiences between being a senior in one place and a freshman in the next. Adult learners, however, bring a fully-formed identity as an adult with them into the college classroom. They may have families at home and full-time jobs to work when they’re not in class. Educationally, they may have ...

The very nomenclature of Freire’s concept of this pedagogy manifests the idea itself. In a streak of intellectual suppression, the instructor plays of the role of the knowledgeable counterpart who bestows his or her static knowledge on the students who are simple containers of the motionless content about which there can be no question raised. Students are simply like accounts to be filled with whatever is deposited in them as mere vessels. Even if the deposited content is irrelevant to their reality, they are supposed to simply carry and represent the exact static narrative. Students will simply record, ...

Social change is an inevitable condition in organizations. In essence, social change in an organization typically occurs due to variations in the behavioral aspects of the constituent people. It can also occur due to the consistent alterations dictated by time changes. Moreover, it can also occur following the need for transformation in an institution. Social change agents, social workers serve an essential function of initiating and implementing behavioral change in a social change organization. Social change is justified as a coping mechanism for an alteration in an aspect(s) of an institution. Social change is unavoidable in learning institutions. ...

Chinese Fan Dance

The Chinese traditional dance has existed for over two thousand years. It has been part of their heritage for all these years and is believed to be an ancient type of folk dance, and the Chinese people highly value the festival event, and it is seen as a symbol of national identity (Tamara, 2016). Purposely, the fan dance is a significant form of art and plays many roles in China. First, it is used a means of passing down traditions and stories of Chinese culture. Promote their rich historical roots. During the fan dancing, brightly colored costumes were used ...

Introduction

Management science and organizational behavior are important features in a productive business enterprise. As a part of a team several times in my life, experiences had taught me to place a great deal of emphasis on control either I have been the person in control as exemplified in the playground photo or the person controlled through the administration for the educational system in the form of education. . The third photo is the ultimate control involving money and wealth which people seek in order to facilitate life’s necessities and enjoyments. Financial rewards are very often the controlling factor in ...

Education being one of the most crucial aspects of human life requires to be addressed with great concern, especially during the early stage of learning. In the 21st century education has received views attributing it with great importance. Therefore, for this to be achieved it means that emphasis will have to be put in place from the beginning of the curriculum for the young learners. As explained by California preschool framework (California Department of Education.2010), is that young learners enter preschool with a lot of anxiety, wondering in on what they will find there and they also have the ...