Banking of Education
It´s a term used by Paulo Freire to describe and critique the traditional education
system. The name refers to the metaphor of students as containers into which
educators must put knowledge. This reinforces a lack of critical thinking and
knowledge ownership in students, which in turn reinforces oppression, as well as it
misrepresents Freire's understanding of knowledge as the result of a human,
creative process.
Teachers need to be like a guide and the students have do
more than the teacher, I mean students need to, create their
own ideas, and also they need to be confident to develop their
knowledge.