Critical pedagogy aims to develop critical thinking in learners so they can question dominant beliefs and practices. It focuses on dialogue and transforming education to be more democratic and address the experiences of marginalized groups. The banking system views education as the depositing of knowledge by teachers into passive students. In contrast, problem posing education is a student-centered approach where learning begins with problems from students' lives and involves co-creation of knowledge through dialogue. The teacher takes on facilitator roles instead of solely imparting information.

1. CRITICAL PEDAGOGY &
PROBLEM POSING EDUCATION
Presented By: Surekha V S
Assistant Professor in Commerce
SVTEC, Akkikkavu.

2. CRITICAL PEDAGOGY
Educational approach for developing
critical consciousness or critical
awareness in the learner
Enable learners to question &
challenge domination, beliefs &
practices that dominate

3. CHARACTERISTICS OF CRITICAL PEDAGOGY
 Issue or problem based
 Transform the learner from objects to subjects
 Create more egalitarian & just society
 Education that is rooted in the experiences of marginalized groups
 Focussed on dialogue
 Emphasis on breaking down disciplinary boundaries
 Transform the world as more democratic

4. Special Terms
Conscientization/ Critical consciousness
Ability to critically perceive the causes of social, plitical & economic
oppressions & to take action against the oppressive elements of the
society.
State of indepth understanding about the world & resulting freedom
from oppression
Praxis
Use of theory in a practical way
Goal of PPE
Reflexion & action upon the world in order to transform it

5. BANKING SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
 Traditional system of education
 Teacher deposits knowledge &
information in to empty heads of
students

6. Characteristics of Banking System of Education
 Teaches
 knows everything
 Thinks
 talks
 disciplines
 Subject
 chooses
• Taught
• know nothing
• think about
• listen meekly
• disciplined
• objects
• just adapt it

7. Problem Posing Education (PPE)
• Alternative method to the existing banking system of education
• Students learn better when he/she creates knowledge & when
created for him/her
• Learning always begins from a problem
• Responsibility of the teacher is to diversify subject matter & make
use of students thoughts & speeches

8. Characteristics of PPE
 Encourages the students to become active participants
 Involves co-creation of knowledge
 Method of learning is dialogue
 Role of teacher as co-learner, mediator, organizer etc
 Ensures egalitarian teacher- student relations
 Learning starts from life situations & reality of learners
 Encourages students to think critically

9. Banking system Vs Problem Posing system of Education
 A process of transfering
knowledge
 oppressing nature
 Transfering the available
knowledge
 Knowledge registering
 Teacher centred
 Vertical relation
 Emphasis on memorisation
 Act of cognition through
dialogue
 Liberating nature
 co-construction of new
knowledge
 Knowledge creation
 Student centred
 Horizontal
 Emphasis on exploration &
application