Learning should be a mutual thing contains a student and a teacher at all times. When there is only one teacher in the school settings it can be boring and dull. For example teacher should also have an open mind and be able to learn from the students as well as being the main teacher, as stated by Freire in The Banking Concepts of Education. To be able to learn means that people should have open eyes, which means that you can learn more by being open to the concept. When people have closed eyes, or closed mind, they tend to learn less than they could have, which was stated by Plato in The Allegory of the Cave.
The "Banking" method states that learning should be a shared thing and that just because someone has a higher status than another does not mean that they are no longer capable of learning from younger individuals. Freire suggests transformation by letting the students think for themselves instead of being forced to memorize everything they are taught. This way students will be able to think for themselves without feeling like they are being disrespectful to the instructor.
There were a lot of ideas that needed some thinking to be able to interpret them. When in the classroom it is important to be able to learn the inforamation but be able to process it and add other ideas to it as well. Sometimes what the professor is teaching lacks creativity and interest, so being able to use the information in your own creative way may help some poeple to remember the material make the information fun for them.
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Your post was good but after you talked about the "banking" concept, you ended it. I was looking foreword to read what others think Plato meant in his book. Aside form that, your post was very well done and organized.
I didnt relize that. But thank you for pointing it out to me.
I really like your post. In our human anatomy and physiology class we have to memorize and learn the basics before we can understand the rest. We must memorize the parts of the cell in order to understand the function of the tissue. Once we know the basics, we can come out of the cave and understand the whole picture.
I thought you did a good job in your first paragraph of relating the ideas of the two texts and I do agree with you that being open minded helps us to learn. I also liked how your conclusion paragraph went into more detail with your middle paragraph, about being able to process the information given to you, instead of just memorizing it. I think that is an important part of learning, to understand the information given to you. Good job on your post!
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