Education should promote critical thinking from "summary" of Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
In order to truly liberate individuals from oppression, education must go beyond simply imparting knowledge and facts. It must foster a critical consciousness that enables learners to question the world around them and analyze the power structures that influence their lives. This critical thinking is essential for individuals to become active agents in their own liberation and the transformation of society as a whole. When education is centered on the banking concept, where students are seen as empty vessels to be filled with knowledge by the teacher, critical thinking is stifled. The banking concept reduces students to passive recipients of information, preventing them from engaging critically with the material or questioning the status quo. This perpetuates a cycle of oppression by maintaining the existing power dynamics in society. On the other hand, an education that pro...
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