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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. Who was Gabriel Bode?

2. What is an ‘Epochal Unit’?

3. How are students treated in Banking Education?

4. What is a ‘Limit Situation’?

5. What does Friere say the Banking Education needs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does the educator have in Friere's system of education?

2. What is a Limit Situation?

3. How does Friere's system challenge oppression?

4. What does Friere call traditional education?

5. Who was Gabriel Bode?

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

7. What is the Thematic Universe?

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

9. Why does Friere believe it is important to ally oneself with the poor?

10. How can we describe Friere's thought as a continuation of Hegel's system of philosophy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

With reference to Friere's work, what does dialogical and anti-dialogical mean? How do the opposing sides of the Oppressors and the Oppressed use these techniques?

Essay Topic 2

Freire argues that to help oppressed people, one must enter into solidarity with them, and in effect, join the Oppressed; otherwise, any help is false generosity and counterproductive charity. Do you agree? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Are traditional methods of education oppressive?

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