ARTSSCI 1C06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Kaleidoscope, Girl Effect
1 Apr 2017
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Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world. Celebration of education"s capacity to develop productive citizens . Lack of consideration of structural limitations/social & political contexts: (desai, 2016; khoja-moolji, 2015; switzer, 2013) Education thus presents a kaleidoscope of possibilities in relation to global challenges, ranging from the benign to the culpable (davies, 2016, p. 9) Need to consider how it plays out, rather than just its presence/absence. Paulo freire"s pedagogy of the oppressed: all education is political. It can foster domination or the development of critical consciousness: banking model vs. problem-posing model, transformation of traditional teacher and student roles, relevance to the conditions of people"s lives. Many argue that universities have an obligation to contribute to social justice by helping students develop global citizenship (abdi & schultz, 2008; fanghanel & cousin, 2012; Several pedagogical strategies have been deployed toward this aim.
