BUSITEMA UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION

NAGONGERA CAMPUS

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

NAME: PASKARI MWESIGYE JOHN

REGNO: BU/UG/2020/1924

COURSE CODE: EDU 2202

COURSE UNIT: TEACHING TECHNIQUES AND PLANNING

LECTURER: MR. KASIRYE RICHARD

ASSIGNEMENT : 01

Question Given

Summarize ‘The banking Concept of Education’ in half a page

 The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education
Paulo Freire (1921-1997) thought to create education theory that would meet the needs of the
poor, the colonized and the politically oppressed. As a visiting professor at Harvard
University, Freire wrote his famous book, ‘The Pedagogy of the Oppressed’ which
established his reputation as one of the most important education theorists of the twentieth
century.
Freire’s education theory begins with his belief that the relationship between teachers and
students replicates the relationship between political oppressors and the oppressed. In
traditional classrooms, teachers have all the institutional power. For students therefore
‘learning’ means submitting the teacher’s absolute authority. Freire refers this kind of
education as ‘banking’ in which teachers deposit knowledge into students’ minds which are
empty until these deposits are made. Banking education emphasizes memorization, facts,
formulas, and discipline.
In contrast to banking education, Freire proposes education practices modeled on progressive
political relationship. Teachers must surrender their absolute authority and students must take
active responsibility of determining how and what they are taught. Such an education
becomes conversation among equal in which students and teachers learn from each other.
Rather than forcing students to memorize facts, teachers pose problems whose answers are
not certain and the education process becomes a series of discussions about possible
solutions. Education can be a tool of liberation only when educators refuse to recreate
oppressive relationships in the classroom.