Saturday, December 4, 2010
Post 13
Freire's pedagogy of the oppressed seemed similar to the chapter in Kuma which discussed the concept of students being empty vessels to be filled by the teacher. The difference in Freire's pedagogy that I found, if I'm not mistaken, is that the students need to make a conscious effort to want to strive for knowledge. They should be mutual partners with the teacher to improve their knowledge. I find that the idea of oppressed people being able to have equal opportunities as those who are not oppressed is a great idea. I think the difficulty here is concerned with budget. It is ideal for all students to have equal opportunities when it comes to education. Maybe someday there will be a time when the amount of money a student's family has will not affect the degree of education they receive. This is something as future teachers we need to strive for. We must not take into account the area in which we teach. We should be the best teachers we can be no matter the environment.
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I agree as teachers we should be concerned with our students and teaching to the best of our abilities instead of focusing on the environment we teach in. As future TESOLers it is easy for us to think about this side of education but for most future teachers I think it is the other way around and these teachers could learn a lot from Freire's book.
ReplyDeleteGreat connection to Kuma! Also, I think you bring up a really good point about money. I too hope that one day moeny will not be one of the major deciding factors on how well of an education you recieve.
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