Over the decades, American culture’s opinion regarding secondary education has significantly altered. In the eyes of society, secondary education is not only encouraged, but necessary if one desires a successful and rewarding future. Secondary education is proven to be worthwhile regarding an individual’s prospective career, but the lessons that are learned outside of the syllabus are what makes an individual flourish in the real world. If students are considered more than wastebaskets for knowledge, and are treated like astute learners by their educators, they will be more likely to think for themselves and form their own opinions about the world they live in. Not only will they will learn how to think for themselves, but they will discover
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They discuss how students should be perceived by their educators, the importance of student/teacher relationships, and how students should use their newfound education to determine what learning how to think really means. It is vital that individuals learn how to think for themselves. To ensure that individuals have the ability and knowledge to do so, they need to be seen as able minded learners from early childhood, have satisfactory relationships with their educators, and know how to use their education to think wisely after they ascend form secondary education into real, adult life.
In “The “Banking” Concept of Education”, Paulo Freire suggests the idea that students are more than wastebaskets for knowledge. Freire discusses how a student’s education does not reach beyond “[extending], receiving, filling, and storing the deposits [of knowledge]”, otherwise known as the student’s themselves. (Freire 1). This is what Freire calls the “banking” concept of education. In this concept, there are no interpersonal relationships between educators and students. An educator merely “talks about reality as if it were motionless, static, compartmentalized, and predictable”, …show more content…
They’re not getting much of an education. Their not getting a chance to use their minds” (6). As we saw in Freire’s “The “Banking” Concept of Education”, students are no longer being seen as individuals that thrive off of using their minds to their full extent. It is believed “In… higher education, [that] there is a place for lectures, place for small seminars, a place of intimate classes, a place, even for chatting with professors in the cafeteria” (Hacker 3). Society needs to embrace this idea, and use it to improve both student’s education and student/teacher relationships. “For every incoming freshman, there [should be] a small seminar at the beginning with a professor who really wants to teach that [subject]” (Hacker 6). It is the educator’s job to inspire their student’s to learn. They need to advocate for the importance of creativity and passion that should be instilled in all students in order to give them a well-rounded, valued education. If secondary education is cut down into smaller pieces, and educators put more passion into their lessons, student/teacher relationships, and secondary education as a whole will have more value to the students that are paying for
They discuss how students should be perceived by their educators, the importance of student/teacher relationships, and how students should use their newfound education to determine what learning how to think really means. It is vital that individuals learn how to think for themselves. To ensure that individuals have the ability and knowledge to do so, they need to be seen as able minded learners from early childhood, have satisfactory relationships with their educators, and know how to use their education to think wisely after they ascend form secondary education into real, adult life.
In “The “Banking” Concept of Education”, Paulo Freire suggests the idea that students are more than wastebaskets for knowledge. Freire discusses how a student’s education does not reach beyond “[extending], receiving, filling, and storing the deposits [of knowledge]”, otherwise known as the student’s themselves. (Freire 1). This is what Freire calls the “banking” concept of education. In this concept, there are no interpersonal relationships between educators and students. An educator merely “talks about reality as if it were motionless, static, compartmentalized, and predictable”, …show more content…
They’re not getting much of an education. Their not getting a chance to use their minds” (6). As we saw in Freire’s “The “Banking” Concept of Education”, students are no longer being seen as individuals that thrive off of using their minds to their full extent. It is believed “In… higher education, [that] there is a place for lectures, place for small seminars, a place of intimate classes, a place, even for chatting with professors in the cafeteria” (Hacker 3). Society needs to embrace this idea, and use it to improve both student’s education and student/teacher relationships. “For every incoming freshman, there [should be] a small seminar at the beginning with a professor who really wants to teach that [subject]” (Hacker 6). It is the educator’s job to inspire their student’s to learn. They need to advocate for the importance of creativity and passion that should be instilled in all students in order to give them a well-rounded, valued education. If secondary education is cut down into smaller pieces, and educators put more passion into their lessons, student/teacher relationships, and secondary education as a whole will have more value to the students that are paying for