Month: October 2015
Freshman Engineering Courses align with the critical pedagogical approach
EngE 1215 and 1216 are introductory engineering courses, having innovatively designed curriculum structure that aims to introduce students to the engineering profession. This curriculum structure aligns with almost all the principles of teaching and learning emphasized by Freire. Here I will discuss about these courses and how it engages students to learn critically. Hope the … Continue reading Freshman Engineering Courses align with the critical pedagogical approach →
Read moreCritical Thinking
Critical thinking is a rational way to face challenges in our daily life. It can help people to justify what they have done or never seen. The banking theory has listed the learning process for each person: receive, memorize, and … Continue reading →
Read moreThe Banking Concept of Education
Freire’s “banking” concept of education, was really interesting for me to read about (per his explanation students are seen as banks and the teacher is the depositor). He uses various analogies to explain this point and emphasizes that this concept can lead to oppression of students (never though of it this way but makes sense). […]
Read moreconformity vs. freedom | education through the eyes of Paulo Freire
There is no neutral education process. Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate the integration of generations into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity to it, or it becomes the ‘practice of freedom’, the means by which men and women deal critically with reality and discover how […]
Pedagogy Has A Context Outside Of The Classroom
In the classroom, we tend to ignore, or forget, about the main roots of education, which are related to facilitating a progressive change in the world. Effective pedagogy must be framed within social, economical, and by default, political contexts. Student learning can be more profound if we, pedagogists, guide students to use their knowledge base, … Continue reading Pedagogy Has A Context Outside Of The Classroom →
Read moreWe Are Different, But Yet We Are Also The Same
The article by June Jordan really struck a chord with me because it highlighted some things that I have often found myself wondering about as well. As an African American woman, I have a very different perspective on race, class, and gender that directly correlates to how I have lived growing up, which is generally […]
We Are Different, But Yet We Are Also The Same
The article by June Jordan really struck a chord with me because it highlighted some things that I have often found myself wondering about as well. As an African American woman, I have a very different perspective on race, class, and gender that directly correlates to how I have lived growing up, which is generally […]
Surprise! Freire is Still Relevant
Reading through some of Freire’s thoughts and ideas and hearing them from him in an interview has been interesting. Critical thinking and moving away from the sage on the stage views of education have been going on since I started grad school. Rarely though does this come up in class. Frequently this is what I […]
Read moreInquiry is at the core of students’ essence
Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed is a constant exchange of arguments between reactionary and revolutionary positions. While I have long flirted with the reactionary nineteenth century society, I am most stimulated by some of Freire’s assertions regarding a revolution in education – and ultimately, in society. His statement “Education is suffering from narration sickness” summarizes […]
