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99 erc ses 03 c
- 1. A Global Partnership from the Perspective of the Southern School. Keri Reid 99 ERC SES 03 C
- 2. So what’s the problem?
- 3. What do Southern teachers understand about ‘global citizenship education’? How do they apply their understanding to learning and teaching within a global partnership? What are the benefits and challenges of partnership learning from a Southern perspective?
- 4. Methodology and Methods • An ethnographically-informed case study approach grounded in postcolonial theory. • Semi-structured interviews. • Participatory activities.
Hinweis der Redaktion
- Good morning/afternoon/evening! My name is Keri Reid. I teach in a small, rural school in Scotland and am studying on a part-time basis. Our school has been partnered with a rural primary school in Eastern Ghana for 15 years and I decided to focus on International School Partnerships (ISPs) for my doctorate thesis. The research I will be sharing at the upcoming conference is part of a study I am undertaking through British Council funding and will feed into my thesis. Over the next few minutes, I’ll share just 3 more slides based on my proposed research area and the methodology I have applied.
- Our partnership is perceived to be a successful one, by the British Council, probably due to its long-standing nature – in Scotland and in Ghana. As you can see from the slide, our partnership has featured a lot in blogs, newspapers, webinars and videos on social media. I am quite aware that our publicity is with a view to promoting British Council programmes such as Connecting Classrooms. The slide also portrays that we are being sold/promoted in the UK. None of the articles have been made, or promoted, in Ghana. They are mainly Western led and informed, no doubt due to the funders being European. So where are their voices of the Ghanaian teachers in our partnership? And why are they not being promoted? Reading around this area confirms that there is a paucity of research on the impact of ISPs on schools in the Global South and so, I decided to focus on the views of our Ghanaian colleagues.
- My original research questions are those on the slide. Due to time limits, I will present my findings to date based on the third question. Already there are some interesting themes emerging around equality, equity and a pedagogy of love.
- This final slide shows the methodology I applied to my research project. The reason I have also shared a photo on a rickety bridge is because I feel that the research completed so far is just a beginning of a path, or bridge, as to a better understanding of a Southern perspective. Indeed, the more I read and study, the more I realise that we can never really fully understand the perspective of another person or culture. But we can actively listen. And learn. To conclude, I feel this research is merely a staring point – a step in the right direction – albeit a little wobbly in places. And as the photo shows, we/I, can highlight the wobbles, build on them and make them stronger throughout the journey.