Is Paulo Freire Correct About the Banking Concept And The Problem-posing Method? Paulo Freire, a well-renowned leader in literacy studies as well as an advocate of progressive teaching, is against the education system he classifies as the "banking concept of education". Instead, he supports the idea that education should be a collaborative process in which teachers and students work together and think critically. From the excerpt "The Banking Concept of Education" taken from his most …showed first 75 words of 1523 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1523 total…the same time from their students. For this reason, there is not one perfect method of teaching that can solve the problems we're facing. Therefore, we must learn to incorporate both teaching methods to suite the situation we're in. Works Cited Freire, Paulo. "The Banking Concept of Education" Writing Lives. Ed. Kay Halasek, Edgar Singleton, Brenda Boyle, Jennifer Clark, Robert Dunks, Bruce Machart, Michaal Sasso, Lisa Tatonetti, Rebecca Taylor. Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2000. 237-252.