Transformational_Realities

Transformational Realities “The unfinished character of human beings and the transformational character of reality necessitate that education be an ongoing activity,” stated by educational writer Paulo Freire in his essay “The ‘Banking’ concept of Education”. I will infer what type of education is required by these “transformational characters of reality” through examples given by Stuart Ewen, a social historian, in his essay “Chosen People”. Ewen writes about how the Industrial Revolution has shaped the American citizens lives into a consumerist society based upon social identities. First I will define what Freire means in this quote about transformational characters of reality. Using this definition I will show examples of these transformational realities in Ewen’s writing. Then by connecting these two ideas I will give an example from my own personal life of a transformational reality I experienced. By delving into my own experience and Freire’s examples I will conclude what forms of education Ewen would think is necessary to make society more aware of these transformations. Lastly, I will show what will be the result if we continue down this path without proper education to help balance out society from these inequalities and social identities we currently base transformational, ewen, society, reality, debt, about, credit, own, out, education, social, realities, life, through, power, people, need, just, idea, examples, concept, become, show, same, items, identity, freire, educated, being, because, american, ‘middle, years, without, whole