The portfolio consists of three documents. The first is an essay
             concerning the banking concept of education as explained by Freire. The
             essay discusses the concept together with Freire's suggestion that a more
             constructivist approach needs to be taken with regard to education. True
             education, after all, is not merely the receipt and reproduction of static
             information. Instead it is the dynamic process within the mind of each
             student. This dynamic process needs to be stimulated for optimal results.
             The essay suggests however that the banking concept should not be
             completely abandoned. It has its place in elementary level education,
             where necessary basic skills are required. However, when students have
             acquired basic skills a higher level of education is needed in order to
             match the higher level of skills. Here the essay suggests that the
             constructivist approach be implemented.
             The second document concerns the idea of perception and
             interpretation. This connects with the first essay regarding education,
             since the constructivist approach to learning requires interpretive skills.
             The students are required to interpret what they perceive by means of
             learning material in the classroom. This interpretation is never static,
             but in a continual state of flux. Students also perceive and interpret in
             different ways. Learning that there are different ways in which the same
             thing can be perceived and interpreted is a vital skill that students can
             use when leaving school. This teaches them to deal better with life
             outside of the school or even university context. In many professions for
             example, some interpretive skill is necessary to perform optimally in the
             specific profession. The Annotated Bibliography provides a list of the
             works used for the above-mentioned essays.
             It is important in all aspects of life to keep an open disposition
             towards new discovery an...