Paulo Freire and Bell Hooks state the importance of being taught to rather than projected at when it comes to learning. Freire discusses the situation as a whole using terms such as the “banking” concept where a teacher simply deposits knowledge into the students. Hooks, by contrast, uses her own personal experience as a way to show how it was easier to learn when there was a broader spectrum being exposed. Hooks refers to Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed as a source to back up her ideas for teaching to be a method for liberation to expand learning. Both of them in the course of their essays discuss how education is more than just about general knowledge, but by being a “practice of freedom.” (75)
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Mar,
ReplyDeleteYou've done a great job of identifying and summarizing the main points (and points of similarity) in both essays. It might be informative for you to incorporate more of the language from the essays themselves (like using the term "problem-posing" or mentioning hooks' focus on a feminist agenda), and it's a good idea to include the essay titles. I do think, though, that you've done a good job of expressing the ideas clearly and simply. Good work!
Abby