UCSD Behaviorism Banking Method of Teaching Discussion

STEP TWO:

• By Friday, go back and find two of your classmates’ post to respond to. You can share more insight into the quote they choose or you can try to answer the question they posted. Your response should be a minimum of 100-150 words long.

First discussion:

I chose a quote Freire retrieved from Footnote #4: Fromm, op. cit. p. 41, stating that “While life is characterized by growth in a structured functional manner, the necrophilous person loves all that does not grow, all that is mechanical. The necrophilous person is driven by the desire to transform the organic into the inorganic, to approach life mechanically, as if all living persons were things. . . .Memory, rather than experience; Having, rather than being, is what counts’ The necrophilous person can relate to an object ­­ a flower or a person ­­ only if he possesses it; hence a threat to his possession is a threat to himself, if he loses possession he loses contact with the world. . . . He loves control, and in the act of controlling he kills life” (5).

I think this quote is purposed to provide insights to the meaning and aim of the current education system which aims at serving the oppressors than students. It explains the selfish gains of the educators and creators of education. Also, I regard this quote important because it explains the nature of education, characteristics of students and their teachers, nature of teaching, and what is expected from the students being taught.

Lastly, my question would be, what do you think the text explains and aims to communicate?

Second discussion:

Teacher talks and the students listen ­­ meekly;the teacher disciplines and the students are disciplined;the teacher chooses and enforces his choice, and the students comply;the teacher acts and the students have the illusion of acting through the action of the teacher;the teacher chooses the program content, and the students (who were not consulted)adapt to it;the teacher confuses the authority of knowledge with his or her own professional authority, which she and he sets in opposition to the freedom of the students;the teacher is the Subject of the learning process, while the pupils are mere objects.It is not surprising that the banking concept of education regard. Problem-posing education solves the student–teacher contradiction by recognizing that knowledge is not deposited from one (the teacher) to another (the student) but is instead formulated through dialogue between the two. Because the education is more than just learning how to read and write. Education helps us grow personally, professionally, and socially. It also helps us become better versions of ourselves. And it broadens our perspectives to help us learn about different societies and cultures.What is Behaviorism banking method of teaching?