Response to the first question.
Freire proposes some very radical and interesting ideas towards education. He describes education as a place where students and teachers are on the same level and they teach each other. They are part of the world and make it what is. This is in contrast to the “banking” education method where teacher spew facts and expect students to memorize and not question them. I’m not sure Freire actually changed my definition but he changed my view on it. While I still believe education is the process where students are taught the concepts of life, I never really saw its purpose in regards to the entire world besides just a stepping stone to life. Feire taught me that education can radically change how a society thinks and acts. If one is taught simply to regurgitate, then that’s all they do and the pattern increases and society stands still and no advances are made in technology. If one is thought to question, to think, and to act, then society increases in leaps and bounds. While there is a place for the teacher to be higher than the student, class should also be full of discussion and questioning. Where would we be in Newton never asked why apples fell or if Franklin never asked what would happen if he put metal keys on a kite in a lighting storm? Floating around the Earth and getting struck by lightning, that’s where.
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