Education – Market Failure

The main reason why education in general can be considered to be a market failure is because it is a merit good. These are goods that which the government feels people will under-consume and therefore will subsidise it or provide it for free. Education is one such thing. The government provides lots of public schools [...]

Banking Concept of Education

“The “Banking Concept” of Education” is Paulo Freire’s careful analysis of the teacher-student relationship through two entirely different types of education, the banking concept of education and problem posing education. Freire describes both the banking concept as well as the idea of problem posing education in terms of the teachers and not the students. He [...]