Paulo Freire critiques the "banking concept" of education, where teachers deposit information into passive students. He advocates "problem-posing education" through dialogue where both teachers and students learn together as critical co-investigators. This transforms the teacher-student contradiction by treating students as conscious beings and empowering them to reflect and take action on reality rather than receiving oppressive narratives. The goal is for students and teachers to help each other complete their humanity through fellowship and questioning the structures that create oppression.