The Banking Model
What does Freire mean by deposit?
Educators 'deposit' facts into students' minds that the student then has to memorize and recall.
What is the problem-posing model based on?
Liberation
Define Liberation (in the context of schooling)
Education that inspires students to think critically, and frees the mind instead of numbing it.
How does Freire critique the banking model?
Freire suggests that it teaches students to adapt to an oppressive world, instead of teaching them how to view the world critically.
How does the problem-posing model combat oppression?
By empowering people to question their conditions, and by encouraging dialogue.
The unjust and systematic use of power within an educational system, where certain groups of students are disadvantaged or discriminated against persistently