Paulo Freire's Critical Pedagogy & Problem Posing Education

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