“Education is suffering from
narration sickness.” Friere feels that the school systems are suffering because
of the history. I think this is a lot like the movie Waiting for Superman because in there it talks about some of the
old rules and how they have never been changed. These rules severed in that
time and they had a good purpose, but times are different now. I think he wants
to change the fact that teachers seem like they are higher than their students.
Like they are better than their students or something, “the teacher knows
everything and the student knows nothing.”
He feels that there are just expectations for students and they should
meet those. I think that is true that students should meet the expectations but
what I am getting from Friere is that it is all so “cliché.” It sounds to me
that he is pointing out the fact that people success is measured more on how
the world views success and these makes me really think about what is success
mean to me? “Whose tranquility rests on how well men fit the world the
oppressors have created and how little they question it.” That everyone just
goes with the flow, with the way things were before and that they don’t feel
the need to change it or stand up.
Sonia, is this what you were looking for?
You wrote a great summary, comparison, and your opinion of Friere's paper. If you don't mind a bit of criticism, you did not answer the question this blog was supposed to. What would Friere change in the K-12 system?
ReplyDeleteHe touches on unorthodox teaching methods that should invigorate students and not rehearse them to education. I feel we could benefit with some ideas but some things in life are needed to be learned technically seeing how it would be next to impossible to incorporate every subject "naturally".
ReplyDeleteGood analysis- like where you say, "what does success mean to me?" i don't think people stop to question authority as much as they should because we are conditioned not to!
ReplyDeleteGreat summary and comparison. It's clear you have a strong opinion about this.
ReplyDeleteGood summary. Friere also proposed a problem-posing education which meant that he wanted teachers to learn from students and vice versa. It shouldn't be a one way street.
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