Implicit In The Banking Concept Is The

I Have Never Said, As Is Sometimes Believed, Or Even Suggested That Lower-class Children Should Not Learn The So-called Educated Norm Of The Portuguese Language Of Brazil. What I Have Said Is That The Problems Of Language Always Involve Ideological Questions And, Along With Them, Questions Of Power.

Just As It Is Important In Latin America To Discuss Ideas That Come From North America, I Think It Is Interesting For North Americans To Discuss Ideas That Come From Latin America Or Africa And Do Not Insert Themselves Into Capitalist Interests.

How Can I Be An Educator If I Do Not Develop In Myself A Caring And Loving Attitude Toward The Student, Which Is Indispensable On The Part Of One Who Is Committed To Teaching And To The Education Process Itself.

Whereas Banking Education Anesthetizes And Inhibits Creative Power, Problem-posing Education Involves A Constant Unveiling Of Reality. The Former Attempts To Maintain The Submersion Of Consciousness; The Latter Strives For The Emergence Of Consciousness And Critical Intervention In Reality.

Education Is An Act Of Love, And Thus An Act Of Courage