Albert Freire's The Banking Concept Of Education

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Education systems have many uses and many problems arise when applying the system to the world’s requirement for education. An author named Freire wrote the informative piece called “The Banking Concept of Education” which discusses the topic of how teacher’s style of teaching can modify the way the student approaches the form of problem. The problem with how we currently allow education in most settings is that we have a set standard for learning and the student’s struggle to go about most issues and instead try to absorb and regurgitate all the information thrown at them during lectures and applied assignments’. Freire also discusses a possible solution to this problem instead of treating the student like a trashcan and throwing information …show more content…

Although he was slightly annoyed that I took up a time to explain the idea he noticed that the students could understand the rest of the lecture with ease although the students who were already doing well were slightly annoyed that I spent 20 minutes explaining one idea. The end of class came, and I stayed after to talk to Hubley about if I should continue to do what I did when it came to difficult topics, which he surprisingly agreed that my lesson of a simple idea in his eyes was useful in helping him explain the topics covered that …show more content…

He was grateful that I showed him the side of teaching which is a more challenging style which is more rewarding in the long-run. The grades of the students went up by an average 20% which was the largest grade jump he saw ever in his class made by more than just one student. In contrast to the style of teaching which was usually taught to be the best method in the higher-education area, I found that when you taught with the intent to help them grasp and understand the concepts, the students excelled in more than just regurgitating the knowledge needed to pass the tests. Hubley more than just appreciated my assist during the semester, he attempted to apply my style of teaching into all his courses and incorporated a reward system that aided students who struggled to try to answer problems instead of giving

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