Global citizenship education: Building on the legacy of Paulo Freire

October 22, 2021 00:33:00
Global citizenship education: Building on the legacy of Paulo Freire
Ethical Schools
Global citizenship education: Building on the legacy of Paulo Freire

Oct 22 2021 | 00:33:00

/

Show Notes

We speak with Carlos Alberto Torres, Distinguished Professor at UCLA. Dr. Torres worked closely with Paulo Freire and now directs the UCLA Paulo Freire Institute. He argues that we need to create a model of ethics education that combines social justice and natural justice, or sustainability. Freire viewed the planet as an oppressed entity. We talk about creating a political culture in our schools that centers peace and the global commons, what in other places is called civic culture. Part one of a two-part interview.

Overview 

00:00-00:42 Intros

00:42-04:07 Global citizenship education

04:07-13:41 Principles of global citizenship education; global ethic of the global commons 

13:41-17:12 Democracy under threat

17:12-23:44 Integrating the global commons into schools; civic culture

23:44-28:49 What this looks like in classrooms

28:49-30:52 How can public schools become sites of social justice?

30:52-33:00 Outro

Transcript

Click here to see the full transcription of this episode. 

References

Soundtrack by Poddington Bear

Image: peoplesworld.org

Other Episodes

Episode 0

October 13, 2023 00:24:16
Episode Cover

Experiential learning: Where human history and nature connect

We speak with Jackie Broder, director of the Mamakating Environmental Education Center in New York’s Catskill Mountains. The Center abuts the Basha Kill wetland,...

Listen

Episode 0

June 12, 2019 00:39:00
Episode Cover

Jason Warwin on The Brotherhood/Sister Sol: Building strong Black and Latinx youth leaders for social change

Jason Warwin is the Co-Founder and Associate Executive Director of The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, an organization that provides comprehensive, holistic and long-term support services to...

Listen

Episode 0

October 28, 2020 00:39:45
Episode Cover

Holistic history: The African diaspora

Dr. Kim Butler, who leads Rutgers’s Africana Studies program, says that while we usually teach history and social studies in discreet, testable units, events...

Listen