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Many of my high school teachers did an awesome job of tackling the role of both teacher and student. Most were willing to discuss with us as if we were their equals, which made the learning process fun. I learned so much from those teachers even though it didn't feel like I was learning at all.
"Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students."
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Without communication, we cannot interact with others and learn from the world around us. We learn through discussing different topics with others and are able to understand more about ourselves by doing this.
“Yet only through communication can human life hold meaning.”
Page 73, Paragraph 5
Teachers are supposed to open the students mind to different problems of the world and allow the students to solve it by themselves. Forcing opinions on students does not allow them to grow as individuals as they need to.
“They must abandon the educational goal of deposit-making and replace it with the posing of the problems of men in their relations with the world.”
Page 74, Paragraph 1
Learning and teaching is supposed to be about critical thinking not just memorization. Memorizing something is nice, but it doesn’t mean that you have truly learned anything.
“Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferrals of information.”
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The teacher should not just teach, but he should also be learning at the same time. The teacher and students should have a give and take relationship. Feeding off of each other is allows us to be more open minded and able to view things in different perspectives.
“The problem-posing method does not dichotomize the activity of the teacher-student: he is not “cognitive” at one point and “narrative” at another.”
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Teachers are usually more knowledgeable on the topics that they teach, so they need to present the information in such a way that allows the students to think on their own. In order to do this, they need to be willing to accept that students might come back with opinions that they themselves never thought of, and they need to be able to value those opinions.
“The teacher presents the material to the students for their consideration, and reconsiders his earlier considerations as the students express their own.”
Page 75, Paragraph 2
Students usually don’t respond to adults telling them what to do and what to think. They like to be able to think for themselves and express their opinions in an environment that is accepting of their opinions.
“Students, as they are increasingly posed with problems relating to themselves in the world and with the world, will feel increasingly challenged and obliged to respond to that challenge.”
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In order to think and discover reality, we need to discuss our ideas with others. By talking things out, we are able to connect the missing pieces to solve a problem by using combined knowledge. Two heads are better than one.
“Problem-posing education regards dialogue as indispensable to the act of cognition which unveils reality.”
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We as human are always growing and coming into our own. We are never really finished learning, but education should assist us in our growth into the world and understanding it. In order to grow, one must be able to admit that they aren’t perfect
“Problem-posing education affirms men as beings in the process of becoming—as unfinished, uncompleted beings in and with a likewise unfinished reality.”
Page 77, Paragraph 6
A man cannot think that he knows all while at the same time being human. If one doesn’t let others grow, you then in turn cannot learn from those people. So basically inhibiting others from knowledge inhibits you from learning as well.
“No one can be authentically human while he prevents others from being so.”
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