Blog 6

The relationship between teachers and students is very important.  When teaching, teachers’ goals should not just be to fill the students with information.  Teachers should allow students to use their creativity and form their own opinions.  Freire’s banking method does not allow for this freedom of students.  The banking method does not give children any freedom in the classroom.  Students are considered receptacles.  In other words, the teacher fills the students with information, and the more information she is able to have them memorize the better a teacher she is considered.  This method does not allow a relationship to form between the teacher and the student.  Teachers show that they are the dominant figure in the classroom, and the students must listen to them and respect them.  Children’s voices are not heard through the banking method.  Unlike the banking method, Freire’s problem posing method is a better approach to teaching students.  This method allows a relationship to form between the students and the teachers.  While students learn from teachers, teachers also have the ability to learn from their students.  Teachers who are more open to hearing what their students have to say will be able to connect to their students and teach them better.  Students and teachers are on a journey together.  Students look up to their teachers and want their opinions to be heard in the classroom.  Students respect their teachers, and teachers should be willing to give that same respect back.