Members: David Heffron and Jason Riberio
Topic 1
Thesis: In Paulo Freire’s essay, “The ‘banking’ concept of education”, Freire makes it clear that the education system needs to be reshaped. The structure and methods in which people learn need to be different from what they are now for learning to occur.
Quotes
- “The student records, memorizes, and repeats these phrases without perceiving what four times four really means, or realizing the true significance of “capital” in the affirmation “the capital of Pará is Belém,” that is, what Belém means for Para and what Pará means for Brazil.”
- “To that end, it enables teachers and students to become Subjects of the educational process by overcoming authoritarianism and an alienating intellectualism; it also enables people to overcome their false perception of reality.”
I think your thesis could be more specific; how should the structure and methods change? I like the quotes you chose, especially how the second quote is talking about the effects that a change in the educational system could make.