Schooling the World
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If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S. Government knew this in the 19th century when it forced Native American children into government boarding schools. Today, volunteers build schools in traditional societies around the world, convinced that school is the only way to a 'better' life for indigenous children. But is this true? What really happens when we replace a traditional culture's way of learning and understanding the world with our own? SCHOOLING THE WORLD takes a challenging, sometimes funny, ultimately deeply disturbing look at the effects of modern education on the world's last sustainable indigenous cultures.
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- Wade Davisas Self - Ethnpbotanist National Society
- Helena Norberg Hodgeas Self - International Society for Ecology and Culture
- Elijah Gergenas Self - Principal Moravian Mission School
- Vandana Shivaas Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology
- Manish Jainas Self - Shikshantar People's Institute for Rethinking Education and Development
- Julian Schweitzeras Self - Director of Human Development World Bank
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17 unique people credited
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Wade Davis
as Self - Ethnpbotanist National Society
Helena Norberg Hodge
as Self - International Society for Ecology and Culture
Elijah Gergen
as Self - Principal Moravian Mission School
Vandana Shiva
as Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology
Manish Jain
as Self - Shikshantar People's Institute for Rethinking Education and Development
Julian Schweitzer
as Self - Director of Human Development World Bank
Dolma Tsering Teykhang
as Self - Women's Alliance of Ladakh
Heidi
as Self - Lamdon School of Ladakh
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