New University

Paulo Freire who wrote “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education shoed the reader why ‘Banking’, is not as effective teaching method. I agree that ‘Banking’ is an ineffective teaching method. Freire made many points on why this was thought out his work but I believe there are five main points.
With ‘Banking’, the teacher is the subject and the student is the object. The teacher is the active one in the classroom, not the student. Also the teacher has all the knowledge and while the student is just ignorant. In the banking concept of education, knowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider to know nothing. As Paulo Freire shows us, “ Projecting an abso...