Considers whether Freire's problem-posing teaching methods are appropriate in the United States. Examines student-centered approaches in the context of differences between Brazil and North America, particularly cultural pluralism. (SK)

The education system is a failure and must be reexamined. Student teacher relationships and teaching methods must change. In the future, instead of learning by rote, students will have recourse to data banks to obtain the materials to be used as content for the exercise of what Piaget calls operativity. (RM)