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Education: creativeness and “banking” concept

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Education may rightly be called a necessary element of a person’s upbringing. Mankind, starting with ancient philosophers has always been paying great attention to education, as it helps to form a true person, whose intellect and cultural development different him or her from other animals. The methods of education are not constant – they are changing, every time and everywhere. Some of education strategies promote individuals’ development while others simply interrupt it. I completely agree with Paulo Freire’s ideas about the “banking” concept and share his views on the modern educational system on the whole. According to Freire, the relationship between students and teachers has a narrative character. Teachers talk about the reality, as it is constant, predictable, and motionless without relations to students’ experience. It only makes students memorize some facts and statements without interest and involving in the process of studying (Freire 1).  This method of teaching mak