To Friere, the “banking model” is a form of teaching in which the teacher or educator, feeds knowledge to the student, and the student only receives knowledge. It is a one way relationship that empowers the teacher, disempowers the student, and prevents critical and creative thinking. Despite giving the educator the upper hand, this banking model is detrimental to both the student and the teacher. The student suffers because they are simply taking in information that will be useful for them on their exam, and aren’t necessarily retaining that information for the future. The educator suffers because they are simply talking and ensuring everyone comprehends, which leads them to dislike their jobs. Friere argues that there needs to a balance between the teacher teaching the students, and the students interacting with the teacher. I have had many experiences in grade school and in college with the banking model. Specifically in my first semester of college, I had a professor that would speak for an hour and fifteen minutes, ask questions to see if we understood, and continue speaking. This experience supports Friere’s “banking model” theory because since there was no interaction and all lecture, I learned very little in the class and it was obvious the professor wasn’t enjoying the experience too well either
Author: Anthony Guerrero
Blog 2 – My Art Story
As a whole, I believe art is used to define the creative world around us. For something to be considered “art”, it doesn’t have to be in a museum, nor does it have to be a painting. To me, art can be anything from a film, to a photograph, to graffiti on the walls of New York. If people are able to attach meaning and relate to a creative piece, then it is considered art.
Art is a very large portion of my life. I love photography and despite a busy schedule, try to go shooting with my friends at least twice a week. I began my creative journey in 2015, after coming across a photography page on Instagram. I grabbed the camera laying around my house that nobody used, and went to take pictures of trees, bridges, cars, and anything that I saw as creative. As I gained more knowledge and experience with photography, I bought myself an actual DSLR, and began to focus my photography on urban/street photography. This primarily includes streets, subways, buildings, roofs, and anything that pretty much screams “New York” when looked at. I also began to experiment with online software such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom.
For this class, I want to learn a couple of things. To begin, I want to learn about some of the history of art, especially modern art and their techniques and how they came to be. More importantly however, I want to understand why people deem some things as art, and other things not. I have seen museum exhibitions where there are blank canvasses on the wall, or perhaps have a few lines or splats of paint, and people go crazy over them. On the other hand, I have seen beautiful works of art such as photographs, paintings, or sculptures that people seem to brush past or not appreciate. As I stated, art to me is being able to relate or connect to a piece. I want to understand how people are connecting to lines, as opposed to, in my opinion, more detailed and dedicated works of art.
Blog 1 – How to Post
Creating a blog post can be a daunting task for someone who perhaps is not very tech savvy, or has never done so before. However, it is actually a very simple task to complete that requires a few short steps.
Step 1: The very first thing you will need to do, is register for a CUNY Academic Commons account.
Step 2: Once you are registered, sign into your CUNY Academic Commons account, and select the group that you are part of.
Step 3: At the very top center of the page will be a plus sign with the word “New” next to it. Click it, and it will take you to the page where you will actually write your post.
Step 4: Create a title for your post in the smaller box towards the top, and begin your post right underneath in the larger box.
Step 5: Once you have finished your post, you can add any media such as pictures ,by clicking the button towards the top that says “Add Media”. You may upload your own files, or select media from the Media Library.
Step 6: After adding any desired media, look to your lower right hand side. In the box labeled “Categories”, choose the group you belong to. Right underneath in the box labeled “Tag Sticky”, select the type of assignment it was.
Step 7: After completing steps 1 through 6, you have finally finished your blog post! Look to the upper right hand side, and press the blue “Publish” button.
