Synthesis

The Banking Concept of Education by Paulo Freire discusses the practice of the banking education, the repetition of recording, memorizing, and repeating. This practice of education dehumanizes students and turns them into robots. It distorts the students' understanding of what true reality is. In order to fix this boring practice of banking education, Freire describes a problem-posing method. The problem-posing method forces students to think critically. They have to analyze information given to them by the teacher, not just record, memorize, and repeat. The problem-posing method of education allows students to see true reality. It gives freedom to students to learn.

The banking concept occurs in several schools across America. One movie, School of Rock, deals with this boring practice of education. A man named Dewey Finn, played by Jack Black, is kicked out of his hard rock band. He then pretends to a substitute teacher at a prep elementary school. The type of education used at this education is similar to the banking concept that Freire describes in his essay. Dewey Finn decides to not conform the the school's teaching styles. He ends up teaching the students music through his own style. He not only teaches them about rock and roll, but about life and reality. Dewey Finn proposes a solution to fix this problem of the banking concept of education.