Thursday, January 6, 2011

problem-posing education

When students read Freire's "The 'Banking' Concept of Education" for the first time, some of them have trouble seeing how problem-posing education would work in a classroom setting. So let me offer a few examples. The Montessori Method of education lets kids 3-6 (this is the usual range) observe and experiment on their own as a way of learning. Also, the newer push for Project-Based Learning reflects an emphasis on problem-posing by asking students to take on a project that requires them to put their education to practical use– in other words, praxis.

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