Solomon Islands Curriculum Development Centre

Banking Education

   * Education is the act of depositing
   * Teachers deposit knowledge into students
   * Students – empty containers to be filled
   * The educated man is the adapted man because he is more ‘fit’ for the world
   * Oppressors are the rich people who have the power over the poor
   * Oppressed are the poor - powerless 

Problem Solving Education

   * Teacher and student work through dialogue
   * Students have freedom to say what they think