Reading Blog 2

To consciously examine your thinking process and your thoughts is to ‘think critically’ or that’s what I think. In banking style classroom there is no critical thinking. As a matter of fact, that kind of classroom discourages critical thinking, as you are not supposed to ‘think’ about what your learning, you are supposed to basically memorize it whether it be accurate or not. In a ‘non-traditional’ classroom, critical thinking is more likely to be encouraged. That way, the student is more actively learning rather than passively being ‘filled’. In banking style, the teacher is a container of knowledge, filling the empty student, while in the other, the student and teacher exchange knowledge, and encourages each other to grow further. Some teachers might be resistant to a ‘non-tradition’ learning environment, because they are no longer the superior force that they are when they are the only container of knowledge. A student may be resistant to a ‘not-traditional’ learning environment because it requires them to become active, unlike in the banking where they are passive. They have to intact with the other students and the teacher to really get what they need out of the class.