For a long time, I have been observing the separation of life inside and outside of schools.
Could it be, that one of the issues with institutionalized learning in schools and kindergartens is that both content and methods of learning there are decoupled from everyday life and natural learning from and through interactions with the people around?
My observation is that in Western cultures, we have a rather strong separation of the world of adults and the world of children and youth.
This separation makes it very difficult for young adults to find their way into and their place in the adult world.
In the global South, especially in rural areas, the distance between school and village life seems even bigger. The lives of children, youth, and adults are traditionally more interconnected. There is tension between sending children to school, requiring their assistance, and/or enculturating them to take over some responsibilities.
maybe, if we find and develop culturally appropriate ways to integrate "academic" learning in schools and everyday communal life in the Global South, the Industrialized Western cultures could learn from these practices and reconnect the worlds of children, youth, and adults?
what do you think?
I am from a developing country from the so called global south and as you rightly pointed out, by and large, children from rural areas have more responsibilities at home. However, things have been changing significantly over the past few years due to technological advancements. Today, we are discussing about online education and how students from urban areas differ from those in rural areas in terms of how they access the Internet, with some major challenges being faced by those in the rural areas. I recently published a paper on this that throws more light on this issue.
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