Reflections on Global Education & Innovation

  Image Source:https://www.rightsofequality.com/girls-education-challenges-and-recommendations/ The Contradiction and the Challenge of the Educated Woman (Martin, J.R) Martin explains in this article the challenges that educated women have faced for centuries. Traditional societies have denied women access to equal educational and professional opportunities than men have and assigned traditional roles that interfere with having success in their education and professional life. The article was written in 1991, and since then conditions for women have improved, especially in many Western countries. However, it’s interesting to realize that, as Martin explains from ancient civilization to great thinkers like Shakespeare, Schopenhauer, Kant and Rousseau society has struggle to understand and accommodate educated women. On the other hand, educated women feel the pressure to acquire men qualities and behaviors to succeed and frustration for not being able to balance their wo...

  Image: https://www.financialexpress.com/jobs-career/education-why-is-moral-education-a-must-for-children-3085012/   Transforming Moral Education (Martin) Context This in an article that was written in 1987 and yet I believe the topic of moral and love in education is as relevant and “anomalous” today as it was more than three decades ago. In this article Martin presents strategies that have the purpose to foster “generative” love in education and discusses the need to rethink about moral education and education itself. She explains that education should not only be concerned about developing intellectual virtues, but feelings, emotions, values and attitudes that are necessary to preserve our own and other species. Many educators feel that education’s most important purpose is to foster knowledge without considering that morality influences “procedural knowledge” the “how” we act and use that knowledge in the right way. Some of the reasons why “generative love” ...

      Image Source: https://thevarsity.ca/2023/01/29/reflections-on-indigenous-education-in-ontario/ Madden, B. (2015). Pedagogical pathways for Indigenous education with/in teacher education. Context In this article Madden explores four prevalent pedagogical pathways to engage indigenous education in teacher’s education programs that are based on the 4Rs: respect for indigenous knowledge and traditional teaching and learning approaches; relevant to indigenous students, reciprocal (disrupt teacher-student hierarchy) and responsibility to one’s relations and the future generations. By reviewing literature from Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand, Madden analyzes four pedagogical pathways: learning from indigenous traditional models of teaching; pedagogy for decolonizing; indigenous and anti-racist education; and indigenous and place-based education. Madden also discusses how Indigenous and Eurocentric educational approaches differ, for example, teachin...

    https://www.theeducatoronline.com/k12/news/aboriginal-scientific-knowledge-to-strengthen-science-teaching/265836   Integrating Aboriginal teaching and values into the classroom ( Toulouse)  Context Toulouse explains why attention to the self-esteem of aboriginal students is key to their success. Self-esteem is described as a positive interconnection of physical, emotional-mental, intellectual and spiritual realms of aboriginal students. This definition stood out to me, as it was the first time I read that the spiritual part is highlighted and seen as a key part of an individual identity. Toulouse explains that educators need to acknowledge the importance of fostering self-esteem and respecting the view of aboriginal students if we want to engage in an inclusive pedagogy that can change their realities. To foster positive self-esteem aboriginal students, need a system that celebrates their culture, language and points of view.  In this article, T...

    Image source: https://wisdominstinct.com/the-evolution-of-education-through-technology/      The History of Education                                                   (Comment on Herbst’s Article ) Historical context: This article was written at the end of the 90’s; the article states that while in the 70’s historians of education in the USA and Europe had four decades of productive and exciting work, in the 80 and 90’s, historians became fruitless and show lack on sense and purpose.  The author believes that this change may be due to soul-searching movements and the inclusion of topics such as racial minorities, ethnicity, cultural and bilingual education, which created confusion amongst educators. For the author,...

  Image source: https://www.panelphysician.ca/blog/find-the-best-elementary-schools-in-canada    Foreign Influences on Curriculum and Curriculum Policy Making in Canada (Comment on Tomkins’s article) Historical context:  This article was written by Tomkins in the 80s and describes some of the foreign influences that may have contributed to the Canadian Curriculum for over three centuries.  Tomkins explains that Canadian education has mostly been influenced by the USA, UK and Europe and was stable/conservative until that time. Over 300 years ago, Jesuits brought education to Canada and then became for political purposes highly centralized. E. Ryerson, considered by some the father of Canadian curriculum design it mirroring educational systems in Europe, UK and USA.  Meilleur and Chauveau (French Canadians who had studied Medicine in the USA), afraid of anglicization and secularization, incorporated French influences in the curriculum, such as science a...