Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed
In this concept, students become "containers" for teachers to "fill" with knowledge
What is the Banking Concept of Education?
Curriculums that work to segregate students of varying social classes in schools are described using this adjective
What is hidden?
A term used to describe survivors of residential schools who lived to tell their difficult stories
What are honorary witnesses?
This is term is used to describe a student's ability to question and critically analyze material
What is critical consciousness?
The difference in student autonomy between working-class schools and executive elite schools
What are controlled (working-class) and true/independent (executive elite)?
A list of names of all registered Indians, administered by Indian Affairs
What is the Indian roll?
According to Freire, this emerges only through invention and re-invention. The process of inquiry may help with its acquisition
What is knowledge?
Despite the barriers they face, immigrant students often experience this amongst each other
What is a sense of community?
Bill C-31 failed to reverse this inequity since only men could pass Indian status to their previously non-status wives
What is sexism?
Some examples of challenges or barriers to Freire's ideal model of education (Answers may vary)
[Sample Answer] What are provincial curriculum expectations, time constraints, and classroom sizes?
Ways in which immigrant students are affected by language barriers (Answers may vary)
[Sample Answer] What are limited opportunities for interaction and segregated classes (leading to social isolation)?
Reasons for having discussions with students about Indigenous women and Two-Spirit people (Answers may vary)
[Sample answer] What is recognition that simply existing as an Indigenous or Two-Spirit person is a political act? The barriers presented for these individuals in education and society necessitate that we actively resist erasure.
Ways in which teachers can promote the development of a student ability to think critically (Answers may vary)
[Sample Answer] What are provide opportunities for students to challenge the material, facilitate individual inquiries, and question the source of curriculum material?
Connection between social class and Freire's view of education when Pedagogy of the Oppressed was first published (Answers may vary)
[Sample Answer] What are direct teacher orders being reserved for lower-class schools? In affluent schools, teachers did not give orders as long as students were cooperating, which fosters more critical thinking and autonomy (i.e. critical consciousness)
Reasons for teaching students about Indigenous status (Answers may vary)
[Sample Answer] What is recognition that having status does not define Indigenous identity? This means some individuals can be Indigenous, but not have status. Status is only held by Indians defined in the Indian Act passed by the Canadian Government