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Schooling The World Discussion Questions

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Discussion Post 12 – EM101

Schooling the World provides insight into a perspective of education that is different than what we are used to in Canada. We typically view education as a tool that is used to provide an opportunity for students to improve the economy of their country and to make an impact on a global scale. In contrast, the film argues that western education has impacted the many cultures around the world in a negative way, as they feel forced to study similarly to western nations to fit into the mainstream society that western countries have influenced. Cultural practices including praying, farming, and other traditions have been abandoned to fit into the western practices, and as a result a lack of diversity will exist within
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