Comparative Research Perspectives on Educational Reform Initiatives in Developing Countries and Indigenous Peoples in Developed Countries

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Many developing countries are striving to reengineer their incoherent education systems at a time when they are most vulnerable, particularly with susceptibility to natural disasters, political unrests, and economic instabilities. Similarly, indigenous peoples in developed countries are seeking more control over education as they consider the long-term effects of educational policies that have been forced on them. In this symposium, participants present research on educational capacity-building that is focused on developing countries such as Kenya, Haiti, Ghana, and Thailand and indigenous peoples in developed countries such as the Māori in New Zealand and Canada’s First Nations. Each paper draws on theoretical lens, knowledge bases and strategies, and identifies developments to provide the scope of educational improvement in a glocalization context.

Sub Unit

• International Relations Committee

Chair

• Gaetane Jean-Marie, University of Louisville

Papers

• Education and Social Change: A Community-Based Model in Rural Ghana - Mary Ashun, Redeemer University College

• Beyond the Shame: Creating Spaces for Treaty-Responsive Pedagogical Dialogues - Lorri Michelle Johnson Santamaria, The University of Auckland

• Leadership for Social Capital and Change: A Case Study of Haiti - Steve Sider, Wilfrid Laurier University; Gaetane Jean-Marie, University of Louisville; Charlene Desir, Nova Southeastern University

• Acknowledging and Honoring the Culture of Canada’s First Nations People: A Leadership Perspective - Anthony H. Normore, California State University - Dominguez Hills

• Free Primary Education in Kenya: Opportunities and Challenges - Macrina C. Lelei, University of Pittsburgh; John C. Weidman, University of Pittsburgh

• The Challenge of Multicultural Education During Insurgency: The Case of Pattani, Thailand - Melanie Carol Brooks, University of Idaho; Ekkarin Sungtong, Prince of Songkla University

Discussant

• Jeffrey S. Brooks, Monash University