MS student at Stanford GSE curious about story-driven design at the intersection of technology, education and entertainment | Knight-Hennessy scholar | Writer
TW: Corporal punishment in schools. Many of us who went to school on this continent know what it is to be “punished”. Whether it was for talking back to a teacher, getting a question wrong, or speaking in vernacular on school premises, many of us have knelt on stones, slashed grass or had ourselves made public spectacle of in assemblies in the name of “discipline”. Many of us have normalised the memories and laughed them off. In this episode for Ufahamu Africa, my colleague Keith Mundangepfupfu and I reflect on these pasts, and think about the ways that we want our work as teachers to deviate from them. We look back, laugh back, but also treat with seriousness what it meant to be schooled in spaces that were often punitive and, many times, violent. We think about what we want to do to be kinder, more just educators who teach effectively by instilling a love for learning, rather than a fear of punishment or humiliation. Ufahamu Africa is a podcast on life and politics on the African continent. It is supported by the political science department at UC, Riverside and the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University, with additional financial support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Have a listen here: https://lnkd.in/drQiX9UT #educators
