Paulo Freire's Educational Philosophy Essay by serendipity

This paper explains Paulo Freire believes that an education curriculum should be designed to promote learning through individuals' critical thinking, which contrasts to the style of education in oppressive societies. The author points out that "Problem Posing", as opposed to "Banking", a core component of Freire's educational philosophy, aims at bringing the most out of an individual because individuals are presented with a problem, and the individual is expected to solve it through critical thinking. The paper relates that feminist theory agrees with Freire's philosophy that women are oppressed through "banking" education's continuing the status quo for generations through the dominant male class.