Ralph Waldo Emerson and Paolo Freires Visions of Traditional Methods o

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Paolo Freires Visions of Traditional Methods of Education&65279Paulo Freire and Ralph Waldo Emerson sh be a same vision in regards to traditionalmethods of tuition. A main common take is that both writers feel that the current educationsystem in more or less places does not allow for people to reach their full capacity. Freire and Emersonsh are many a(prenominal) other ideas regarding education such as their view of practice and surmise and of freethinking. Their works are among the most thought-evoking.In ?The American scholarly person? Emerson places a strong emphasis on the role of criminal records ineducation and their usage of conveying ideas. He states that, ?Books are the best things, easily apply abused, among the worst? (p. 297). This refers to his thought that the idea behind books isindeed a well thought out one. However, aside from the possible misuse of books, there arecertain tasks that a book can not accomplish. Many are pertine nt only for a period of time, afterwhich they become obsolescent and new books are required. This is one of the reasons that Emersonfeels that books alone can not volunteer a concrete education. They must be supplemented withadditional studies, or, according to Emerson, book studies should be combined with experiencesand applied to life. To read for the sake of knowing familiarity is pointless instead, man shouldread with the intent to apply newly obtained knowledge to his life. Man should read with adissecting centerfield, and pick apart the prose, keeping what is relevant and discarding what is babble. This captures the true purpose of books. Paralleling Emerson?s view of books is Freire?s idea of theory and praxis. Man can regard all there is to know more or less a ... ...that they in fact have nothing to present.Emerson and Freire see eye to eye on many issues regarding the education of man. Themain concept that they mete out is a belief that man should think fre ely. All other ideas stated byFreire and Emerson are strictly extensions of this point. The educational vision of Emerson andFreire is for man to learn in a society free of preconceptions, where all men?s ideas are valued andwhere knowledge is ascertained for the use of practice not just as an end in itself.BibliographyEmerson, Ralph W. The American Scholar. 1837. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter, et al. 3rd ed. Vol. 1. capital of Massachusetts Houghton Mifflin, 1998. 1609-1621.Freire, Paolo. The Banking Concept of Education. Ways of Reading. Ed. David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky. 4th ed. Boston Bedford Books, 1996. 212-27.