Today we are sharing with you these two beautiful visuals we came across on Google Plus. They both capture and represent the traditional education system that is premised on the famous motto “one size fits all”. In his book Pedagogy of The Oppressed, Paulo Freire severely criticized the ethos of this educational system that he labelled “banking system of education” and blamed it for the social and political ills that were plaguing the world at the time. More than half a century after the publication of Freier’s classic work, nothing much has changed. The banking system is still well alive in several schools and mechanical skills are still prized over cognitive and critical thinking skills.
Concerning these visuals: We tried hard to identify their original creators through an extensive web search but in vain. Tons of websites feature them with no mention of their source. If you have any idea about their sources please let us know.
1- Education System
We learned about this visual from Emily Lewis and there is really a very good discussion around it in her page.
2- One size fits all
This graphic which we learned from Bella features one of Albert Einstein's popular quotes "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid".
