Banking Concept of Education

1.) Paulo Freire’s “narration sickness” is when you are sitting in a class room and the teacher continues to ramble on about a subject, but the students get nothing out of it. After the students have studied the facts the teacher wants and passes the test, the facts get tossed aside and nothing was ever learned.

2.)  Narration sickness reminds me of the No Child Left Behind Act because instead of actually helping the student learn they are just providing the student with answers, more or less. They do this because in the long run the teacher looks like they are getting their points a crossed in a well-developed way. In the long run, students get nothing out of this and they move on with little thought to how they did well on a test.  It’s a grade and they got a good one.

3.)   Mr. Durfee is a wonderful example of an instructor who used the banking concept practices.  He taught all math classes in my high school. The way Mr. Durfee taught was by lecturing something all day and if you had a question he would tell you to look into the book and study.  He expected that the students should know what to do by simply memorizing the book.

This kind of teacher has so many disadvantages that the students face. The reason is because they will not obtain anything since they only need it for a set amount of time.  I did not learn much at all from Mr. Durfee and became my own teacher in a tough subject.

4.)  Mr. Long was an excellent example of a great teacher.  He taught many different classes like government, economics, and accounting. The way he taught was fun and easy to retain the information.  Mr. Long would teach through personal experiences and current events.  Along with the current events, there was a lot of dialogue going on throughout the entirety of the class period.

Mr. Long was very educated in the subjects he taught. He never made someone feel dumb for asking a simple question and could relate well with all of his students.  There was never a dull moment during his class and made the learning experience very fun and eventful.

5.)   Athiens is the culture that embrace the concept of liberated or problem- posing education that Freire spoke of in his “Banking Concept of Education.” The class that I face these in the most would be Business Research and Writing.  During this class there is a lot of dialogue between the teacher and students. The class that could benefit from more practice of dialogue would be my Intro to Christian Thought class. During this class the teacher lectures the entire time with little time during, or at the end, to answer questions.  This makes the class hard and very frustrating.  I have troubles learning this way and my grade reflects that.