OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS
Working on my assignment solo gives me time to really take a good look at my writing. I’ve decided to do a combination of my previous assignments which where “My Mindset” and “The Banking Concept of Education” by Pablo Friere. These topics are closely related to one another so making the choice to combine them made sense to me. It’s almost ten o’clock and all is still in my house. I’m sitting in front of my laptop at the dining room table. The sound of rain falling outside is providing the room with some much needed ambiance.
In reading “The Banking Concept of Education” by Pablo Freire one almost feels as if he is describing a teacher to student relationship as to that of slave master to slave. Yet when he describes his problem-posing concept one gets the feeling of the two being equals.
My understanding of the banking education is that of the teacher almost being viewed as a puppeteer. The teacher’s words being the strings that connect him to his students. The students being the puppets, can easily be manipulated with what “strings” the puppeteer decides to pull.
As for the problem posing education, the roles of teacher to student become somewhat like that of equals. The students being able to voice their opinions, educating the teacher with the knowledge they have acquired through living in this world.
Having only known a catholic school education, I find it very easy to relate to the banking concept. Each classroom may have had a different view from the window but the style of teaching remained the same. As if the teacher was a preacher who unleashed his beliefs upon you. There is not one teacher who I can say really stood out from the rest.
Only when I attended college did I see a different more effective way of teaching. Teachers allowing students discuss subjects on the same level. This is clearly a wonderful way to get through to the students. Making them feel that their opinion is important too. In the classroom both teacher and student are educating one another. Roles being reversed and ensuring both are equal to one another.
Understanding the human mindset in regards to learning can be broken up into two different categories. The growth mindset is when intelligence grows with the amount of knowledge you feed the brain. A fixed mindset believes that one’s intelligence is stagnant and unable to develop into anything more than what it already is.
When having a growth mindset the brain acts like a sponge absorbing every bit of knowledge and growing to maintain it. It’s proven that the brain actually changes to host the new information. With the growth mindset the brain is constantly in motion.
The idea of a fixed mindset is that of a predisposed trait that one inherits. Making excuses for short comings and placing zero effort in transforming them. A fixed mindset is being content with your current status and never searching for a better outcome.
As for me, being a Pisces woman, I fall under both the growth mindset along with the fixed mindset. A Pisces person is represented by two fish swimming in opposite directions. Having a dual personality and living in two different worlds allows me to relate to both mindsets.
I like my routines and the idea of things being a certain way or having a particular place. However if I hear a new idea or a different way of doing things then my ears perk up to listen closely. This new idea may be exactly what I have been looking for to change up my routine.
I believe that the banking concept has gone on for far too long creating the fixed mindset that some people may have about their abilities to learn. Like the mouse who sits in its cage, knowing only one way of life, causing its brain to remain unchanged. However if a wheel was introduced to the cage, the mouse would surely change its habits, allowing for expansion of the brain and its structure.
The problem-posing concept has allowed for the growth mindset to take flight in the education system. Planting the seed gives way for the brain to develop and grow to great heights. Once ideas are explored through different visions they intern can become so much more complex.
I don’t believe there is only a black and white area of these types of teachings and mindsets. It’s inevitable that change will happen to both mindsets throughout time. There is plenty of room for a gray area in these beliefs.
My hopes are that having described both teaching concepts and the two mindsets will allow for all to be seen as interchangeable. All four can be the result of one another crossing path at some point.
Working on my assignment solo gives me time to really take a good look at my writing. I’ve decided to do a combination of my previous assignments which where “My Mindset” and “The Banking Concept of Education” by Pablo Friere. These topics are closely related to one another so making the choice to combine them made sense to me. It’s almost ten o’clock and all is still in my house. I’m sitting in front of my laptop at the dining room table. The sound of rain falling outside is providing the room with some much needed ambiance.
In reading “The Banking Concept of Education” by Pablo Freire one almost feels as if he is describing a teacher to student relationship as to that of slave master to slave. Yet when he describes his problem-posing concept one gets the feeling of the two being equals.
My understanding of the banking education is that of the teacher almost being viewed as a puppeteer. The teacher’s words being the strings that connect him to his students. The students being the puppets, can easily be manipulated with what “strings” the puppeteer decides to pull.
As for the problem posing education, the roles of teacher to student become somewhat like that of equals. The students being able to voice their opinions, educating the teacher with the knowledge they have acquired through living in this world.
Having only known a catholic school education, I find it very easy to relate to the banking concept. Each classroom may have had a different view from the window but the style of teaching remained the same. As if the teacher was a preacher who unleashed his beliefs upon you. There is not one teacher who I can say really stood out from the rest.
Only when I attended college did I see a different more effective way of teaching. Teachers allowing students discuss subjects on the same level. This is clearly a wonderful way to get through to the students. Making them feel that their opinion is important too. In the classroom both teacher and student are educating one another. Roles being reversed and ensuring both are equal to one another.
Understanding the human mindset in regards to learning can be broken up into two different categories. The growth mindset is when intelligence grows with the amount of knowledge you feed the brain. A fixed mindset believes that one’s intelligence is stagnant and unable to develop into anything more than what it already is.
When having a growth mindset the brain acts like a sponge absorbing every bit of knowledge and growing to maintain it. It’s proven that the brain actually changes to host the new information. With the growth mindset the brain is constantly in motion.
The idea of a fixed mindset is that of a predisposed trait that one inherits. Making excuses for short comings and placing zero effort in transforming them. A fixed mindset is being content with your current status and never searching for a better outcome.
As for me, being a Pisces woman, I fall under both the growth mindset along with the fixed mindset. A Pisces person is represented by two fish swimming in opposite directions. Having a dual personality and living in two different worlds allows me to relate to both mindsets.
I like my routines and the idea of things being a certain way or having a particular place. However if I hear a new idea or a different way of doing things then my ears perk up to listen closely. This new idea may be exactly what I have been looking for to change up my routine.
I believe that the banking concept has gone on for far too long creating the fixed mindset that some people may have about their abilities to learn. Like the mouse who sits in its cage, knowing only one way of life, causing its brain to remain unchanged. However if a wheel was introduced to the cage, the mouse would surely change its habits, allowing for expansion of the brain and its structure.
The problem-posing concept has allowed for the growth mindset to take flight in the education system. Planting the seed gives way for the brain to develop and grow to great heights. Once ideas are explored through different visions they intern can become so much more complex.
I don’t believe there is only a black and white area of these types of teachings and mindsets. It’s inevitable that change will happen to both mindsets throughout time. There is plenty of room for a gray area in these beliefs.
My hopes are that having described both teaching concepts and the two mindsets will allow for all to be seen as interchangeable. All four can be the result of one another crossing path at some point.