tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168618921375018234.post8175282737954477024..comments2023-10-18T08:48:27.087-04:00Comments on Jazzy Mama: Cultural Influence on EducationPattihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17263461916713516997noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168618921375018234.post-43536662640794259882012-01-15T17:47:39.452-05:002012-01-15T17:47:39.452-05:00I hadn't thought about education in quite this...I hadn't thought about education in quite this way. Thank you for that. It's true that I see a micro-culture of learning within each homeschooling family I know. It's fascinating to observe the differences.<br /><br />I agree with you that there is far more to bringing an education into another country than importing western teaching methods. I remember a conversation I had with a friend vounteering in Haiti patiently explaining to some missionaries trying to set up an American-style school that it would be far more valuable to use real world experiences as teaching tools than to continue wrote learning. For example, working together to create safe water was a prime opportunity to teach any number of subjects. The missionaries didn't listen and the kids stopped coming. The upshot was that the kids gained nothing but another empty temporary building after the missionaries left for a more willing audience.Zoie @ TouchstoneZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08688056216105729821noreply@blogger.com