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Pedagogy and Power Blog Post

Q: What is the banking model to Friere? Who does it empower or disempower, and at whose expense? Do you have any experience with this model? If so, describe an encounter that you have had with the banking model and reflect on it, both positives and negatives.

 

A: To Friere, the banking model is a model at which that spreads information to ones in which that seek information, but the one spreading the information isn’t taking into consideration the feedback input from the ones who receive said information.

An example of this can be see in the standard classroom model. Where students, information seekers, receive information from a teacher, the one spreading the information. In this, the models empowers the teacher as an authoritative figure and the students are disempowered as they’re expected to sponge up the information, and aren’t learning from each-other; a dehumanizing experience.

Im currently facing this model in the Earth Science Lecture class. My Professor gives us the information but im not adapting fast enough to what is taught, so I feel as if im falling behind. The benefit of this model can be that it allows a singular guide line for what is to be expected to be done. The con of this is that of its almost like a one size fits all approach to teaching, as it will work different for everyone and  not everyone learns the same. In my situation, I feel as if I have to study more after class inorder to retain the information inorder to follow along with that is being taught in the course.

 

 

 

MD: Pedagogy and Power

Michael DeGennaro- Post#3 / Art 1010

Pedagogy and Power: What is the banking model to Friere? Who does it empower or disempower, and at whose expense? Do you have any experience with this model? If so, describe an encounter that you have had with the banking model and reflect on it, both positives and negatives.

The banking model is Friers’s concept of education.   It is a concept in which the teacher is the active being and the students are passive “objects” in the classroom.  The students are essentially sitting down and listening to a teacher making “deposits” of education, which they memorize information, and repeat this process daily.  Frier explains that this type of education allows for no intellectual growth in students, as they are simply intaking information that means nothing to them.

I have actually had an experience with this model of education.  In sophomore year of high school, my geometry teacher perfectly emblemized this model.  I remember the daily routine of the class.  I’d enter, as he was sitting by his desk, and he would request silence, and move to the center of the class room, and take “control”.  He began to lecture about factoring polynomials and finding what the circumference of “x” was.  No speaking, no questions, nothing.  We as the students sat down for an entire hour, listened to him talk, pack up, leave, and repeat this for an entire school year.  As I reflect on this now,  Friers’s conclusion that education of this manner allows for no intellectual growth can be applied to my situation.  When someone is simply talking for an entire hour and doesn’t have dedicated times set aside for questions and comments, there is no brain stimulation.  The process is in a way robotic, and we the students are not interested, because there isn’t time to think.  We are overwhelmingly being fed geometric concepts.  We don’t make connections with the material being “collected.”   The only positives I can think of from this model include being fed lots of information, and covering many concepts in school.  

My Art Story

What is Art?

For a long time whenever I would hear the word Art the first thing that came to my mind was Drawings, paintings, sculptures, things I would do in my art classes at school. I later learned that Art is much more than that, it’s a way to express yourself and it can be found everywhere like for example architecture. Since I was little I enjoyed drawing and seeing how the use of different colors and shades could make things pop. Another form of art I enjoy and is part of my daily life is music. I express myself through the various music I listen too. While taking this class I would like to learn more about art in general, its vocabulary, techniques, its origins and how it has impacted it history.

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How to Post

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Step 1: Find the site 

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Step 2: Once you’re on the site look to the upper left corner, there you will see Fall 2018 Art 1010 at Brooklyn College Click on it

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Step 8: Finally it is time to Publish your post, by Clicking Publish on the upper right corner. 

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SN: Formal Analysis

Formal analysis is when a person finds the answers to questions in artwork rather than using outside sources as help. The discovery is the author’s accomplishments and we use the four components to find the message in the artwork.

When we say formal analysis, we are looking at an artwork to understand the authors message. Many people interpret ideas in their own way and that shapes the persons’ interpretation of the artwork. The components of formal analysis are:

  1. Color- indicates the color hues, range of colors and saturation
  2. Line – artists uses linear contours, emphasizes lights and darks and can be broken up or outlined strongly
  3. Space & Mass – artwork has a three dimensional space and/or substantial forms (weight/volume)
  4. Scale – relative size within the work and to the viewer

SN: Pedagogy and Power

The banking model to Friere is a concept of education where students take in and receive information as well as storing it. It is a metaphor that compares students to empty containers that teachers must fill with knowledge. It empowers the educator and disempowers the student to the extent where the student must give back that information on the assessment. The students have to receive the information, memorize the information needed to pass the test at the end of the lesson to then repeating it consistently.

In high school, my junior year math class, my teacher forbid us to take notes and we had to memorize the information he told us at the moment he told his students. It helped very little students, but hurt a lot of us, including me because we had nothing to review when it was time to take the test.

In my senior year music class, my teacher gave us the information we needed through speech, videos and music for the final exam and we all memorized it daily until it was test day. She would review all the terms we needed to know and every specific detail that each one of her students passed the final she gave with high scores and she was very proud of us.

My Art Story

The definition of “art” depends solely on the person who is defining it. When asked about art, most people will immediately think of paintings, drawings, and sculptures. The first thing that might come to their minds when they hear the word are things such as Monet’s Water Lilies, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, or Michelangelo’s David. However, art doesn’t have to stop there. There are no limits to art because art is everywhere. It’s in the pictures we take, the songs we listen to, the books and poems we read, the films we watch, the clothes we wear, the buildings we walk past. Art is anything that helps us express ourselves.                                                                      ..               

Growing up I’ve always appreciated art in all forms, or at least, I’ve tried my best to. I think it’s important to sometimes look into things that you personally may not understand or even be too invested in, just to get a sense of it. When I was younger I used to draw often, I even went to art classes outside of school. I eventually stopped, not for any reason other than the fact that I was 7 and couldn’t care to focus on one thing for too long. Over the years I have found myself becoming more and more interested in things that can be considered art. I enjoy photography the most because it relies mainly on real life things that catch your eye at a specific moment. Photography led me to my interest in Photoshop and editting, especially because I find the ability to change a picture into something different fascinating. I’ve also always been into books, music, and films/cinematography because the way stories are told through these can be so different yet similar and intriguing at the same time.Visiting museums is always fun for me, which is something I’m looking forward to in this class. It’s interesting discussing the history, the intentions, and the meanings of pieces in large groups because everyone interprets things differently and this is a great way to expand both my knowledge and appreciation of art.

    

My Art Story

When people talk about art I feel like most people think of the type of art you would see hanging in a museum or plastered on a billboard. To me art is more than that. When someone mentions art I think of drawings, paintings, movies, music, and other things that let people express parts of who they are. Art is not limited to one genre and can encompass many mediums. In my life art is very important. I love to draw and I’ve been drawing since I was about five years old. Digital art is my preferred medium of art. I strive to at least complete one piece I genuinely like per week. Art is very relaxing for me. When I draw I am not thinking about anything. I can let go and let the drawing draw itself. In this class I hope to gain a new perspective on art that I can use to better my art and myself. I also hope to learn more about the history of art and the meanings behind some of the greatest art pieces of the past.

What art means to me

Art has many definitions. There are many elements to art and many categories. Some things that pop into my head when I hear art are architecture, design, textiles, sculpture, paintings, patterns, landscape, and expression. I am not a creative person and most of my life I didn’t like art. I never knew what to draw or where to start. I took a product design class in high school and we used zentangle patterns as the base of the class. I enjoyed this class because we learned a lot of patterns and used the in our product designs. I liked that I didn’t have to be too creative because I had the patterns to choose from but I got to make my own personal design. I hope to learn about every element of art and learn to appreciate all of its details.