As cultures grow and search for direction and identity,
education is a tool used to enlighten and uplift. It can also be used
as a political tool to control and oppress. During this weeklong series
Worldview will examine how education impacts societies and cultures on
a global scale.
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Studying
Kurdish in Turkey
Monday, September 16, 2002
Students in Turkey have been pushing to get Kurdish taught in their
schools. Jerome McDonnell
and guests discuss their struggle and recent reforms by the Turkish
government that may make teaching Kurdish a possibility.
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In
this 1992 map, the Kurdish region is in a lighter color.
Click on
the map for a larger version of the image.
This map is is from University of Texas at Austin. The original
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Jonathan
Sugden — Human
Rights Watch Researcher on Turkey |
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Michael
Chyet — Library of Congress, author
of upcoming Kurdish Dictionary |
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Former
African heads of state go back to school
Charles
Stith — Head of Boston University's African Presidents program,
former ambassador to Tanzania
African
Presidents in Residence Program
aired 9.19.02
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Education
Under Political Constraints in Ethiopia
Dr. Taye Wolde Semayat — President of the Ethiopian Teachers'
Association,
former Prisoner of Conscience in Ethiopia, former professor of political
science at Addis Ababa University
aired 9.20.02 |
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Ethiopia's
Ethnic Divide
Jerome
McDonnell talks with an Ethiopian (who requested anonymity) about
the impact of dividing Ethiopian states by ethnic composition
aired 9.20.02
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India:
Hindu nationalists try to re-write textbooks
Krishna
Kumar — Professor in the Department of Education at the University
of Delhi
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Textbooks
in Spain
The question of what gets taught is often
one of the most violently argued points in the world of education.
In Spain, where there are at least as many histories as there are
autonomous regions, the debate is especially heated.
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Global
Classrooms- Model United Nations
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Past
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Language
in Danger: Kurdish
Friday, December 28, 2001
Like the Berbers, the Kurds are a state-less people spreading across
state borders and speaking numerous dialects. Michael Chyet teaches
Kurdish and formerly worked with Voice of America to broadcast
in Kurdish. He discusses the political challenges facing Kurdish and
what Kurds need to do for their languages to survive longer than 20
years.
The Washington
Kurdish Institute has additional information on Kurdish language
and culture.
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Education
in Japan
Problems within Japan's education system and how some educators are
trying to incorporate more creative-individualized teaching styles
while balancing traditional Japanese emphasis on community |
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