Topic > The quality of education in the pedagogy of the oppressed...

Unfortunately, I know this technique all too well considering I grew up with it. While reading Pedagogy of the Oppressed, flashbacks to my middle and high school years flooded in and, ultimately, refused to escape my thoughts. As stated by Friere, students are mere objects who receive no real knowledge of the world. “Narration (with the teacher as narrator) leads students to mechanically memorize the narrated content. What's worse, it transforms them into 'containers', into 'vessels' to be 'filled' by the teacher" (Friere 53). Simply gathering information does not allow for conscientization or an in-depth understanding of