Building peace, cohesion, and prosperous societies have often been assigned to education. However, as Bowles and Gintis (1976) put forward in Schooling in Capitalist America, there is a Correspondence between schooling and life: schooling mirrors opportunities in life. Systems, including schooling, reproduce class systems and perpetuate the status quo. There are 3C’s in education: content,… Continue reading Teaching curriculum – teaching peace?
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‘Funds of knowledge’ and Education
In the foreword to Pedagogy of the Oppressed Richard Shaull writes that education is a subversive factor. Historically speaking, education has been the fundamental tool of rebellion, and in more polite terms, of upward social mobility. Education is often termed an equalizer between individuals of different backgrounds. This is in line with bell hooks’ description… Continue reading ‘Funds of knowledge’ and Education
Pandemic Ponderings I
If there is a line that separates the privileged from the not-privileged in an education setting, I've always been on the far side - the not-privileged - or right in the middle. That is, until now. Being where I am, it is easy to think that the rest of the universities are doing just as… Continue reading Pandemic Ponderings I
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