Authors' Arguments on What Kind of Citizen and Pedagogy of the Oppressed About Education

For each reading, you should prepare for class in the following way: 1. Attempt to summarize the author’s main point(s) in a sentence or two. 2. Identify specific terms, concepts, or passages that you found either confusing or interesting and enlightening (in other words, what would you like to bring up as a point of clarification or discussion). 3. Provide a reaction or two to the reading: What do you like or dislike about it? Agree or disagree with? How can you relate it to your experience?
These are the guide questions and dont need to answer: Before reading the chapter from Freire's famous book, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, it may help for you to glance through this website and get a bit of context for his work:
http://infed(dot)org/mobi/paulo-freire-dialogue-praxis-and-education/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
--What does Freire mean by the "banking" concept of education, and why does he criticize it? What do you think about the alternative educational methods for "liberation" that he proposes: problem-posing, and so forth?
--How and why does Westheimer feel we need to change the "narrative of school?" What does he learn from Archeem about "critical thinking?"
--How does the Escuela Nueva contribute to democracy, and why does Kirp think the model should be adopted elsewhere?
http://goo(dot)gl/TjeZoR (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.