Paulo Freire, a Brazilian educator and author of “The Banking Concept of Education” evaluates the relationship between the teacher and student in the classroom. One specific problem that he points out in the “Banking” method of education is that students have become containers to be filled by teachers. The more information a student can memorize from class the better the teacher is. Freire believes that there is another way to educate in the classroom that …showed first 75 words of 552 total…

…showed last 75 words of 552 total…these classes would require some memorization from previous teachers lectures. I think that it should be up to the teacher to decide what mix of teaching methods work best for each course they have. I respect Paulo Freire’s problem posing method, it should be used in classes more often. Teachers and students may find that the best method is a combination between the extremes of the banking lecture, and the problem posing interrelationship comparing.