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Symbology, Graphology and Development Concept of a Leaf
the Rise of Development Educationists Ridwanul MosrurFriday
Forum, Global Education Cooperation, College of Education, Seoul
National University4 November 2016
Education remains a fundamental necessity for sustainable social
development to build egalitarian society.
Mrs Olanike Adekunle, educationistKunike International School,
Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeriahttp://www.kis.org.ng/
People are designed to interact and learn together as they
always lived together. Why there so many schools in service, so
many charity trying hard to deliver literacy, so may bilateral and
multilateral operates with massive funds, so many library full of
books stands out there ..and still 758 million* people are
illiterate! Dont just say they dont have access Because, learning
is not a cognitive but social process* UNESCO data, 2016
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Development Education: the new frontierEducation is no more
limited to an indicator or any means of development it is the
development.
Education can provide 3 (three) things, which can achieve
anything The freedomThe choiceThe knowledge/skill
Educationists who analyze the educational improvement and
structural/social change.
Till now, the psychological aspects of development were ignored
and remained in the darkness.
Development was seen as a socio-economic reality initially,
socio-economic with a strong link with politico-cultural process
lately but is that it?
If you have everything you need and still you think that you
dont - can you be tagged as developed?
Then what is this development? Is it a perception? Dark side of
the Moon
Power of Mass Perceptions
The Mutual UFO networkThe cold war propaganda
attribute to psychological section of US Military
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Is development is the development of mass perception or truly
development?
Conspiracy and Paranoia White-mans burden?Development is
essential for global integrity and peaceTotal ControlWhat is total
control?Cultural ColonizationDebate
Is Population is a problem?
For the sake of development it needed to be controlled!
How? Development projects or something else?The last two decades
of economic achievements of China and India have proved that
population explosion is perhaps not necessarily a detrimental force
in economic development.
Why poverty is the biggest problem?Issues like hunger, illness
and thirst are both causes and effects of poverty. For instance,
not having water means you're poor, but being poor also means that
you may not be able to afford water or food. In a sense, these
issues are both a symptom and a cause of poverty. poverty heighten
crime, high intensity of gangs and violence in the slums. Poverty
creates tensions, unrest and social divide in the societyPoor
housing & living conditions, a classic cause of diseases; Water
and food-related diseases, simply because the poor can't always
afford "safe" foods. Poverty as a factor of social exclusion,
mental and physical illnessPoverty boosting up terrorism - Afghans
producing opium for the Talibans, one of the rare decent paying
jobs in the country
As a student, what you want to have in your life a good job
which will help you to have everything else you want?
If you believe so, keep your figure crossed because there is a
free-market full of competition which you together have created
!So, how education is helpful?
We know Money is the just a necessity and we should learn and
educate ourselves for the higher values.And then what happens.?
Why?
What is in control? And how? If we act in this way, why we ask
the poor to educate themselves instead of running for business and
money-grabbing?
Free-market control in what way we need to be educated and how
we should live our lifeGovernment is responsible for public good
and education is a basic rightEducation liberates our mind and give
us freedomDevelopment projects also target education to ensure
basic rights and to empower individualDemocracy is our core value
and means of individual empowerment
Why our visions and means are conflicting with each other? Be
free at the free-market?
Development TheoriesModernization theory Sociological and
anthropological modernization theory Linear stages of growth model
Critics of modernization theory Structuralism Dependency theory
Neoclassical theory / Structural adjustment Post-development theory
Sustainable development Human development theory
Failure of Modernization Theorydeeply racist worldview
embeddedabundantly clear that high sounding moral ideas have served
as a cover for very low and despicable purposesfailed to deliver
resultsNot context focused - the idea that Western models are
perfect in all areas, including social, cultural and economic,
leads to the dominant role of foreign expert advisors in
developmentModernization theory see west as the model and focused
on simple economic perspective ignoring the difference of cultural,
geographical, political and social aspects in the targeted
countries
Failure of Dependency Theory
Failed to suggest what will be the right policy at right
placecant made clear on the very nature of dependencyNegative
approachThe theory is very much dependent of the economic system
and state-to-state relationsSocialism is obsolete in global market
driven economyMore of all, it never explains how a nations
ideology, philosophy can be build through dependency.
The Aid Cycle Now, the beneficiaries are very concern about what
and how much they get from a project whether that is matching with
there needs or not. Who is fooling whom why the gaps why new
agendas why not planning with the consequence ahead who are driving
this cycle
Is total development achievable? Development targets at
1960sDevelopment targets at 1970sDevelopment targets at
1980sDevelopment targets at 1990sMDGSDGand what coming next?
Failure of Economic Development ModelsEconomic growth may not be
termed as realistic and down-to-earth development as the growth of
wealth would not necessarily ensure that nobody would really be
hungry. Human development broadly refers to improvement in the
overall human well-being. And since, so far the economists expected
which is actually untrue there is no automatic relationship between
the growth of GNP and improvement in the quality of life.Sri Lanka,
Chile, Jamaica, Thailand and Tanzania, have done far better on
their human development ranking than on their income ranking,
whereas Oman, Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Senegal have a much higher
income ranking than their human development ranking (UNDP, 1990:
14-16). China, India and Pakistan have almost similar per capita
GNP level but human development performance of China is much better
than the other two countries.
Failure of Economic Development modelEconomic SolvencyBuying
capacityCan that assure making right choice? Political
StabilityWhat is right political choice for them? Better Life
ConditionsNeed to differentiate what is better as better is
relative? Healthy LifeWhat are the healthy behavior (preventive
attitude geo-anthropological contextual)Social Capital &
CohesionHow to make better use of them, what and when?Knowledge for
Economic productionHow to make that sustain after achieving?
What is Human Development
Human Development as the center
PeopleOpportunitiesChoices
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Education as solutionHowever, the multidimensional process of
development involves reorganization and reorientation of the entire
system economic, social and cultural. Michael P. Todaro wrote that
development, along with economic development, involves radical
changes in institutional, social and administrative structures as
well as peoples attitudes, customs and beliefs.
Like health system, education can impact positively and greatly
in the other areas of life social and personal well being, income,
political choices etc.
Why education is important for Development?
Education Project: what are the expectations and the reality?
Why through-out so many education projects, people yet to achieve
self-dependency?What can be proper education?Sens CapabilityFreires
LiberationCultural Circles Education as a tool, Education as a
strategy?Traditional Education vs Development Education
Education as Breakthrough
Changing our perception and attitude towards the underdeveloped
Everyone is Educated but not LiterateEvery community and everyone
know, can and do what is needed.All they need, initial resource for
investing towards enhancing their capabilities
Education as Development
Non-guiding Empowering EducationPromoting own values of the
communityParticipatory Development PlanningCollective
ConsciousnessStrengthening Personal Capabilities and FreedomBottom
up approach Nonmaterialistic rather Spiritual Investing Development
for Development
Korea as ExampleCollective approachStrong Social Cohesion
Education for consciousness, education for skillBlending indigenous
and global valuesBetter understanding of geo-political
realityEconomic Development as solutionSee power as a tool of
uplifting own values rather aggressive purposesInwards approach to
Development
So, it is the self-consciousness and realization of honor &
self-respect which will keep people moving forward.People dont die
for anything but honor!And only Education can mass-achieve
that.
Knowledge and Skill sharing in Korean ODA policy what exactly
Korea wanted to share?
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Changing Inwards Out an experience, a storyProject TitleSushikha
o Susasther mahdhomy Surokkha (SSS) [meaning: Protection and Health
through better Education]GoalAll children living in brothels have
improved access to education, health and protection quality
services in a non-discriminatory environment Related Thematic
areasEducation, Child Protection, Health,Nutrition & HIV
Project DurationJuly 2015 - June 2020Phase 1- July 2015- June
2018Phase 2- July 2018 June 2020 Target beneficiariesTotal:
3,445Direct reach: Children 1605 (girl 873, boy 732); Adult 1840
(female 1695, male 145)Indirect reach: 6000 (children and
adults)Project BudgetKRW 1,966,833,015 (US $ 1,824,520) / (BDT
140,488,072)
Modern Educational Trends: Development in MindsSkill-Specific
EducationSocial Learning as a Pedagogical
MethodLearning-on-the-Go
Sens Individual Capability and FreedomFreirean Liberation and
Cultural CircleResource Sharing beyond geo-political
limitationSocial Development DynamicsKnowledge Based Empowered and
Enlightened Society with Global Cohesion
Q&AThank youfor you attention
