Question

The best way to nourish critical thinking in a classroom environment is:

• A. Behaviourism
• B. Critical pedagogy
• C. Machno pedagogy
• D. Self-sustaining

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Critical pedagogy

Critical pedagogy is a philosophy of education that encourages students to develop critical consciousness and question authority. It's based on the idea that teaching and learning are political acts, and that educators should help students understand and challenge power structures and inequities. 

Here are some key concepts of critical pedagogy: 

• Critical consciousness

  The ability to recognize and address social and political inequities 

• Problem-posing education

  A method of learning that involves students and teachers working together to solve problems 

• Co-learning

  The idea that students and teachers are both learners, and that new possibilities emerge when they work together 

• Student-centered

  Critical pedagogy is based on the idea that students learn best when they're allowed to explore answers for themselves 

Critical pedagogy is associated with the work of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire and Henry Giroux. Freire's work was based on the idea that the "banking" model of education dehumanizes both the teacher and the learner, and discourages critical thinking.