Re: [xmca] request for help

Whoa! Fascinating project.
mike

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Tony Whitson <twhitson@udel.edu> wrote:

> This request was distributed on the Dewey society list. I suggested to Jim
> G that people here might have suggestions, and he said I should forward it
> since he's not on xmca now.
>
> here's the email for the person making the inquiry:
> Steven.Rubenstein@liverpool.ac.uk
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:11:32 -0400
> From: wesley@vt.edu
> To: johndeweysociety@cuip.net
> Subject: [JDS] Fwd: Dewey Society - question
>
> I am forwarding this email request to the membership in case someone can be
> of
> help.
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Jim Garrison
>
>
>
> Dear Dr. Garrison,
>
> As an anthropologist I have been working with the Shuar Federation for
> almost 20
> years. The Shuar are the largest group of Amazonian Indians in Ecuador and
> they
> have an agreement with the Ecuadorian State by which they run their own
> schools.
> As you might imagine, their schools are modelled on a most reactionary
> model of
> education.
>
>
>
> A friend of mine has just been placed in charge of their education system
> and
> has asked me for help. From what I know John Dewey's work in education
> remains
> the most progressive model, at least in the US. I am looking for pedagogic
> and
> curricular materials that are in Spanish and accessible to a non-academic
> audience that I can send to my friend, and I would be very glad if I could
> do
> something by way of introducing her to Dewey's ideas and methods.
>
>
>
> I don't expect you to be able to help me directly, but I wonder if you know
> of
> any school or NGO that works in bilingual or Spanish-language education
> that
> may be able to help.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
>
> Dr. Steven Rubenstein
>
> Reader in Latin American Anthropology
>
> Director of the Research Institute of Latin American Studies
>
> School of Cultures, Languages, and Area Studies
>
> University of Liverpool
>
>
>
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
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