In today’s discussion group we talked about the Banking Concept of education. Specifically, the statement of the teacher knows everything and the students know nothing. We discussed how teachers act as if students no nothing, because it’s the easiest way for them to teach. For example, it is much simpler for a teacher to lecture a group of students then to actually engage with them in conversation about the material. Due to this, some students are not retaining or absorbing any information, and instead just writing everything they hear. The students may be able to memorize the information, but they aren’t thinking about its true meaning. The group also commented on how the article describes a society where students are forced to suppress their creativity because they only participate in their teachers’ way of learning. With the Banking Concept of Education, students are simply repeating and memorizing a teacher’s words, and aren’t actually learning new information.
Olivia Vearling led this discussion and the group members present were Mikayla Medycki, David Macnullen, Jeff Biancaniello, Maura Kelly, Gwen Jordan, Shamus Corkery, Cait Mangeni, Laura Mcgroary, Sam Zicorno, Amanda Regan, and myself.
