What Is the “banking” Concept of Education?
The “banking” concept of education is a method of teaching and learning where the students simply store the information relayed to them by the teacher. It was described by Brazilian educationalist Paolo Freire.
In a “banking” type of environment, a classroom is structured such that the primary duty of students is to remember and accurately recall the information provided by the instructor. They are not asked to participate in any other way, and simply absorb the information. In this type of approach, the world is seen as static and unchangeable, and students are simply supposed to fit into it as it is, as noted by Freire.
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