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Khalif Williams

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Education for Social Change
July 20, 2006 - 02:03 PM

Hello,

Are there any teachers involved in this board that attempt to use social justice, environmental sustainability and animal protection as the major underpinning of their lessons and curricula?

The non-profit I work for, the International Institute for Humane Education, partner with an accredited college to offer a distance-learning M.Ed. in Humane Education (Humane Education is just what I described above: social justice, environmental sustainability and animal protection as the unified context for learning)
and we have a growing student body and pool of graduates, but we are looking to learn more from teachers' experiences attempting to affect positive change in their students in these areas.

With another semester fast approaching and another incoming class of M.Ed. students, I am hoping that some of you may help shape this unique degree program with your input and experience.

Thanks so much.

Khalif Williams
Executive Director
International Institute for Humane Education

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Re: Education for Social Change
July 20, 2006 - 03:56 PM

I will like to be involved, though i am based in Nigeria, my first degree was in the area of Educational Mgt, and i am presently into research but in the feild of environmental study
Can i be fully involved?


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Khalif Williams

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Re: Education for Social Change
July 20, 2006 - 04:00 PM

Of course. I'm primarily interested in hearing from teachers who have had success or insights in teaching their students about social justice, the environment, or animal protection. Teachers who have see their students become empowered to make change as a result is specifically of interest.

If you're asking who can become involved in our M.Ed. program in Humane Education, the answer is anyone who can speak and write in English.

Khalif


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Re: Education for Social Change
August 3, 2006 - 09:13 AM

Khalif, Id like to know how universities react to your curriculum. Most of them offer courses on international relations but none really that has something to do with sustainability.


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Khalif Williams

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Re: Education for Social Change
August 3, 2006 - 11:36 AM

Great question. We offer the only M.Ed. in the US in humane education. There are no undergraduate degrees with this specialization we know of. It's a distance learning curriculum so our affilliate, Cambridge College, has great flexibility in offering the program to their students.

In the US, programs in sustainability at the college and university level are on the rise. Prescott College in Arizona just added a Ph.D. in sustainability from what I hear.

The unique opportunity students have in our program is that they become immersed in issues from human rights and the media, to animal protection and the environment. They needn't choose one area of concern. They become practitioners of an educational approach that connects these areas of concern, which are aften compartmentalized. They, in essence become skilled at creating critical thinkers who can see these connections, make decisions based on these insights, and can more clearly choose to participate in solutions to societies problems.

The arena where this pedegogy struggles is public primary, middle, and highschools. With public education design and policy bent on conformity of thought and high test scores, educators and administrators find it hard to think outside the box in this respect.

Our students in the M.Ed. program are truly pioneers in this field. Humane education is a brand new approach to teaching and learning that seeks to empower students to create the world they want to see. We hope to partner with more universtities and colleges in the future to offer similar degrees and look forward to a day when a sustainable, peaceful society is the goal of education.

Khalif


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