Discussion+1

toc Answer both questions in the corresponding threads - click on the discussion tab above and then click on the thread and post your response. Each question requires a minimum of 3 responses - 1 initial reflection on the question, 2 additional responses to your peers' posts. Deadlines are indicated.

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=Question 1= With all the talk about the "banking model", do you think there are appropriate times to apply it in a classroom? If so, how and why do you do it---that is, present facts or concepts *to* the students, rather than drawing them out through discussion? Where is a good balance between the ends of this spectrum, and what factors determine or affect that balance? (Author: Chris)

Response 1 due by Tuesday, September 30. A minimum of two responses to your peers' posts due by Saturday, October 4.

=Question 2= “Education is suffering from narration sickness.” Thus begins Freire’s discussion of the banking model of education vs the problem-posing model of education. At the end of chapter two Freire states that in the revolutionary process leaders cannot utilize the banking method as an interim measure with the intention of later behaving in a genuinely revolutionary fashion. How does this relate to education today? Is it necessary to employ the banking model before problem-posing? (Author: Collen)

Response 1 due by Saturday, October 4. A minimum of two responses to your peers' posts due by Tuesday, October 7.