Bridge International Academies: A critical analysis of the privatization of public education in Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-209
Author(s):  
Matthew Tessitore
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 292
Author(s):  
Robson Machado

 Com o avanço das forças neoconservadoras e neoliberais no âmbito da educação pública brasileira, os ataques e as tentativas de interdição da Pedagogia Libertadora e do legado de seu precursor, o professor Paulo Freire, têm se tornado cada vez mais frequentes. Sob ameaça, a teoria pedagógica humanista e progressista de Freire tem sido, equivocadamente, associada ao marxismo. Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar os pressupostos teórico-filosóficos da Pedagogia Libertadora, bem como as implicações de tais pressupostos no método didático-pedagógico de Paulo Freire. Para isso, destaca sua relação com a fenomenologia, com o existencialismo cristão e com a dialética idealista. Expõe divergências entre o ideário libertador e a filosofia marxista, contrapondo suas perspectivas ontológicas e epistemológicas. No que diz respeito ao método libertador, analisa-o a partir da compreensão de seu desenvolvimento ao longo da produção intelectual de Freire e evidencia sua relação com a Escola Nova. Toma como referencial teórico-metodológico o materialismo histórico dialético, pois o conjunto de ideias existentes em uma dada formação social, dentre elas as ideais pedagógicas, são determinadas pela produção material da vida.Palavras-chave: Contra-Hegemonia. Educação Popular. Marxismo.The phenomenology as a philosophical foundation of Pedagogia Libertadora: a historical-critical analysis of the theory of Paulo FreireABSTRACTWith the advancement of neoconservative and neoliberal forces within Brazilian public education, the attacks and attempts of interdiction of the Pedagogia Libertadora and the legacy of its precursor, teacher Paulo Freire, have become increasingly frequent. Under threat, Freire humanist and progressive pedagogical theory has been mistakenly associated with Marxism. This article aims to present the theoretical-philosophical assumptions of the Pedagogia Libertadora, as well as the implications of such assumptions in the didactic-pedagogical method of Paulo Freire. For this, it highlights its relation with phenomenology, with Christian existentialism and with the idealistic dialectic. It exposes divergences between the liberating ideology and the Marxist philosophy, opposing its ontological and epistemological perspectives. With regard to the liberating method, it analyzes it from the understanding of its development throughout the intellectual production of Freire and evidences its relation with the New School. It takes as a theoretical-methodological reference the dialectical historical materialism, since the set of ideas existing in a given social formation, among them the pedagogical ideals, are determined by the material production of life.Keywords: Counter-Hegemony. Popular Education. Marxism.La fenomenología como fundamento filosófico de la Pedagogía Libertadora: una análisis histórico-crítico de la teoría de Paulo FreireRESUMENCon el avance de las fuerzas neoconservadoras y neoliberales dentro de la educación pública brasileña, los ataques e intentos de interdicción de la Pedagogía Libertadora y el legado de su precursor, el maestro Paulo Freire, se han vuelto cada vez más frecuentes. Bajo amenaza, la teoría pedagógica progresista y humanitaria de Freire ha sido asociada erróneamente con el marxismo. Este artículo pretende presentar los supuestos teórico-filosóficos de la Pedagogía Libertadora, así como las implicaciones de tales supuestos en el método didáctico-pedagógico de Paulo Freire. Para ello, destaca su relación con la fenomenología, con el existencialismo cristiano y con la dialéctica idealista. Expone divergencias entre la ideología liberadora y la filosofía marxista, oponiéndose a sus perspectivas ontológicas y epistemológicas. Con respecto al método liberador, lo analiza desde la comprensión de su desarrollo a lo largo de la producción intelectual de Freire y evidencia su relación con la Nueva Escuela. Toma como referencia teórico-metodológica el materialismo histórico dialéctico, ya que el conjunto de ideas existentes en una formación social dada, entre ellas, los ideales pedagógicos, están determinados por la producción material de la vida.PALABRAS CLAVE: Contrahegemonía. Educación Popular. Marxismo.


2003 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gérald Fallon ◽  
Sonya Pancucci

This paper is a critical analysis of British Columbia’s controversial Part 6.1 of the School Amendment Act 2002 (Bill 34) as it relates to the reframing of public educational services and programs as a tradable commodity. It enables public school districts to incorporate private companies to set up offshore schools and to market educational services and programs locally, nationally, and internationally. Policy- makers introduced this Bill with the assumption that public educational institutions must compete with other “providers,” to sell their services and programs effectively in order to keep revenues at a healthy level to ensure their institutional viability and relevancy. This paper examines the goals, motives, and assumptions behind Bill 34, and, more specifically, the extent to which Part 6.1 of Bill 34 incorporates a market approach to public education as it commodifies public educational services and programs and creates competitive arrangements between public educational institutions.


Author(s):  
Peter Bisong Bisong ◽  
Samuel Aloysius Ekanem

Africa over the years has been struggling to catch up with other continents in terms of educational advancement. Many theories have been postulated in attempts to fashion out a better course for education in the continent. In spite of these attempts, Africa still lags behind. This work through a critical analysis aims at showing the great part culture has played in the slow growth of education in the continent. The work argues that some aspects of African (Nigeria specifically) culture need to be done away with, if education must thrive well in the continent. The work therefore, advocates the use of ‘force training’ as Aristotle postulated in his Nicomachean Ethics to change these dysfunctional aspects of culture so that the functional one would blossom. It is when this is done that education will blossom in Nigeria as well as in other countries.


2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 126-126
Author(s):  
Matthew E. Nielsen ◽  
Danil V. Makarov ◽  
Elizabeth B. Humphreys ◽  
Leslie A. Mangold ◽  
Alan W. Partin ◽  
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