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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Friere say the Banking Education needs?

2. Why do traditional modes of teaching interfere with the development of a Subject, according to Friere?

3. What does Friere mean by ‘Conscientization’?

4. What is the teacher’s role in the problem-solving education?

5. Why does Friere believe it is important for an educator to partner with local people?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the educator working in partnership with?

2. What are some of the hallmarks of oppressive education?

3. What is a Limit Situation?

4. What is a Generative Theme?

5. What does Friere call his own pedagogy of education?

6. What is a Limit Act?

7. What does Friere believe the educator must encourage the Subject to do?

8. What does Friere call traditional education?

9. Who was Gabriel Bode?

10. What is a Subject in Friere’s analysis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Freire influenced by Marxist philosophy?

Essay Topic 2

Is revolution the only way to achieve social change? Considering Friere's work in comparison to modern culture, what are the options of unionizing or affecting social change? How would Friere agree or disagree with these efforts?

Essay Topic 3

Is Friere's pedagogy overtly dualistic? If so, what are the negative consequences of black and white thinking?

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