I really enjoyed your visual! When I first saw it in class, I was like “how in the world can this represent critical pedagogy!” But after you all explained all the parts of the building, how they work together to make a unified structure, it made perfect sense. And in that, it is an excellent example of critical pedagogy! Thanks!

Nicely stated! I especially like the phrase “bovine educational system.” You are absolutely right — most teachers just transfer facts to students who only memorize information to obtain good grades. And because we cannot possibly remember everything we “learn,” we regurgitate these facts to stuff others in. I guess, I should say that we do remember the things we actually learn (no quotations here) — the things we care about and take the time to think about, discuss, and truly understand are remembered. As I was reading this, I realized that of the countless classes I have taken, I am ALWAYS happiest in the ones that are all discussion-based. Why ~ because I feel like I get to be involved in my education and the direction the class takes. In return, these are the classes I gain the most out of!

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I hear what you are saying. For me, if I do not know peoples’ names, I do not feel nearly as connected to them. I also make an effort whenever I talk to people I don’t know on the phone or in person to address them by their names (e.g., “Hi, thank you for calling X. My name is Erica. How may I help you?” “Hi, Erica, my name is Erin …..). To me, when someone uses my name, it makes me feel like they somehow CARE about me (even if I have never met them before) or at least that they paid attention to what I was saying when they introduced themselves! The power of feeling cared about and heard are very strong!

I love the graphic of the animals required to take “the same test of climbing a tree!” I have heard a quote about this before, more specifically about a fish being asked to ride a bicycle. It really hits the point home that it is ridiculous to give one type of test to “judge” students. While we look more similar than an elephant looks like seal (for example), that does not mean we are that similar.

Thank you for your post! I definitely agree what you mentioned throughout your post. It’s is the big challenge for all of us, to view ourselves as facilitators of learning, also to challenges hierarchical systems of learning. But we have to keep challenging ourself. I think that the banking model is what I’m used to, and I believe it is still a dominant educational system today. I believe that we, as a new generation of teacher, need to act as an intermediary as well, to make balance between past and future generations in order to move forward to the better educational environment.

It’s really great, especially “banking model” one! I just posted all images of this post on my Facebook. Yes, graphic is the universal language we can utilize in communication with people from different disciplines or demographics. It’s clear and simple way to convey/read a concept. I hope that my friends of Facebook also get the values of critical thinking.

Thank you all for this post! I enjoyed to see your thoughts from different disciplines. Because I’m in the field of design, I definitely agree that different voices should be heard and contrasting opinions should be valued in the classroom. It will be really helpful for students when they are in practice. It can not be done by one opinion rather design is a product of processes by collaboration with people who have different perspectives and interests. Only one thing in my mind it how we can adapt the benefits of critical pedagogy in different types of course.

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