Summary Of The Ethos Of Education

Ethos: In the text Freire is confident in his writing. He states every argument as a fact even if it is subjective. Researching the author, it is clear that he has expertise on the subject of education. He was a professor himself and was an activist for literacy in Brazil. He is credible on the subject of education yet, at least in this chapter, he never established his credibility. This is ineffective on his part. If the reader is unsure of his credibility based on the text , then his argument is weakened. His stern tone towards his material, however, does aid in convincing his reader because he is not wishy washy. Specifically, when he states “The capability of banking education to minimize or annul the student's creative power and to stimulate their credulity serves the interests of the oppressors, who care neither to have the world revealed nor to see it

He appeals to logos by using deductive reasoning throughout the text. In the beginning of the text he introduced what the banking approach was and then explained why it was useless. Specifically, his explanation of the banking approach was “The teacher talks about reality as if it were motionless, static, compartmentalized, and predictable.” and “...the students patiently receive, memorize, and repeat.” After giving evidence on what the banking approach he explains and evaluates why it is ineffective when it comes to education. He claims it projects “ an absolute ignorance onto others, a characteristic of the ideology of oppression, negates education and knowledge as processes of inquiry”. This is deductive reasoning because he makes a premise and makes a conclusion based of that premise. He does this for the problem-posing approach as well. Using this logic strengthens persuades the reader to abore the banking approach and praise the problem-posing approach because t is stated in such an organized and ocnfident