Entangled World Confronting Education | Homa Tavangar & Will Richardson
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Feb 14, 2025 Homa Tavangar, a global education advisor and author of 'Growing Up Global', along with Will Richardson, an advocate for educational reform, dive deep into the transformation needed in education. They discuss the importance of identifying what is sacred to foster community and belonging. Homa emphasizes the need for integrating cultural roots, while Will critiques superficial reforms, calling for profound systemic change. Together, they inspire educators to treat students as civilization builders and cultivate a spirit of inquiry.
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From Development Work To Global Education
- Homa shifted into education after seeing biased global content in her children's schools in the 1990s.
- She wrote Growing Up Global to help children develop empathy and belonging amid post-9/11 divides.
Start With What Matters Most
- Asking "What is sacred?" surfaces shared community values like relationship, connection, joy, and nature.
- These priorities rarely include curriculum, homework, or standardized tests, revealing misaligned efforts.
Use Stories To Shift Fear-Based Demands
- Use storytelling to surface fears and shared values instead of defaulting to test-score demands.
- Frame inquiry as questions, not answers, to relax shoulders and invite collective sense-making.
