globaleducation

We are again joined by Erika Davis-Pitre, one of our favorite people when it comes to unschooling. In our talk,  we confront the pressing issues of ageism and racial disparities in education, focusing on the empowerment of students from diverse backgrounds through homeschooling and unschooling. Our journey begins with a personal anecdote—a poignant encounter with ageism involving a seven-year-old student and the reflection it prompted on systemic flaws in education.

We delve into the reasons why homeschooling and unschooling have become appealing options for many families with diverse backgrounds. Together, we uncover the impact of a curriculum primarily designed from one perspective and the stark disparities in expectations faced by students from diverse backgrounds compared to their peers.

Our conversation transcends the boundaries of the education system, venturing into the broader realm of discrimination and oppression faced by diverse communities in various countries. Erika shares powerful stories of unjust treatment encountered while homeschooling and traveling.

We also explore the insidious influence of ageism on students from diverse backgrounds, illustrating how it leads to dehumanization in everyday situations. Our episode underlines the significance of privilege not as a divisive force but as a tool for uplifting students who face injustice. Education and communication are emphasized as key tools in ensuring that our actions are not taken for granted.

In a historical context, we scrutinize the role of economic systems, specifically the consequences of industrialization and monetization on education. We contemplate how these structures have perpetuated structural inequalities and consider how homeschooling and unschooling can provide a solution.

🗓️ Recorded September 1st, 2023. 📍Romagny-Fontenay, France

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Dr. Tafreshi was born in Iran before emigrating to the United States. Although she grew up during the Iran and Iraq war, she experienced a closeness with her family in Iran. In addition to Iran and the U.S., she has lived in Chile, Brazil, Singapore, China, and Dubai. This experience has contributed to her completing her Ph.D. in International Psychology from The Chicago School as well as her work as a faculty member in mind-body medicine at Saybrook. Dr. Tafreshi discusses multicultural understanding and the development of initiatives related to improved health and well-being of those around the globe.

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AnnieWoollard from footprintsontheglobe is a TeachSDGs ( United Nations sustainabledevelopmentgoals ) Ambassador. She's a lifelong #educator, and now also a  #globaleducator on the Teach Sustainable Development Goals. Her teaching world changed after discovering the  #SDGs while teaching in a school in Melbourne. From there everything became about #globaleducation. We talk about;

• the origins and importance of the #SDGs which follow on from the @#Millenniumgoals
• the 17 amazing goals that make up the #unitednations #SDGs - covering #education #lifeunderwater #lifeonland
• the #2030 target date and what the objectives are
• a wonderful campaign at the moment called the www.worldstodolist.org who are asking everyone in small steps or large steps to take them on board to work towards making a better planet, a better and more #sustainableenvironment for everyone, a more equitable world
• why it's important whether you are an individual, a #school, a #notforprofit, a #smallbusiness, a large corporation to take these on in some small way, and to work together
• how surprisingly everyone is often already doing something already - they just didn't have it mapped already to a goal
• how it all started for Annie by resigning from her teaching job, which she really loved, to launch @FOTG in 2019 to deliver greater #globalimpact
• becoming a Teach Sustainable Development Goals Ambassador and promote the global goals wherever she went
• the up's and down's of starting your own business - the leap of faith, when the easy option would have been to stay teaching where she was very happy and just roll in, roll out
• extending into educating businesses, #NFPs, #NGOs and government organizations about the #SDGs
• why young students are the future
• what makes up contemporary education  - #designthinking, and 21st-century skills of #problemsolving, and #innovation, and #questioning and #reasoning - that's how they're learning at the moment. So they are willing to step up and have a go and try different things, and it's completely different style of education
• how the world of #sustainability and #climatechange and #climateaction is really becoming at the forefront of people's minds
• why people need to work out what they can do to help make our planet a better place for everyone
• SDGs' Sustainable Development goals in #smallbusiness
• how #businessowners can become a part of this more easily - starting with something they think is interesting and resonates
• the wwwglobalgoals.org  website and the many ideas and resources out there for businesses, for schools, for corporations
• the "start small and build on" approach to avoid being overwhelmed
• the major projects Annie is involved with at wwwtake3.org where she is designing and facilitating aa young leaders programs and #ProjectBlue involving a couple of hundred students (10 to 12-year-olds)  on what makes a leader all through the lens of #plasticpollution and #oceanconservation. The students were all engaged to do waste audit and to complete a 14-day challenge that aimed to change their behavior in some way, and then taking it further, by telling people, 3 people,  what you're doing so then they would tell 3 people - the ripple effect
• how #covid has told us or taught us is that the world is just truly connected - what happens on one side of the world affects the other side of the world, and we're foolish. If we think we're sitting in our own little silo, and it doesn't affect us, and it does. So we do need to work together to see if we can get these goals achieved by 2030

www.footprintsontheglobe.com.au

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