Group Members: Laura McGroary, Hailey Myers, Kiera Aves, Brandon Zahal
The topic of our discussion was the similarities and differences between Percy and Friere, and their views on the education system. The similarities between Percy and Friere are on their thoughts about the education system. They both believe that you cannot learn through teaching, you learn through experience. Friere says that students do not find what a teacher says to be meaningful. Percy refers to this with the Grand Canyon, people don’t find it as meaningful because other people have discovered it and people know what the grand canyon looks like. When they go to see it is not as meaningful to them. This is also where Percy and Friere have a difference, as Friere says going out and experiencing is real learning, Percy says going out and seeing things that have already been discovered isn’t learning. Both Friere and Percy have very strong and similar beliefs, but Percy’s viewpoint takes Friere’s to the next level, and because of this they do have some differences in the end.
