CES2E4-Questioning the Iranian education system

Questioning the Iranian Education System
After the Iranian revolution, there was an education revolution trying to modernize it and thus threatening the traditional values. From Teheran to Toronto, Hooman delves into his critiques of the current Iranian system of education as he asserts that school became an ideological and revolutionary space that is currently empty to give priority to nation-building. He argues that Iran has a segregated system that affects psychologically and socially certain students. Although the system favors science and mathematics, education still revolves around some religious ideologies. He invites us to engage in questions such as: Who is the system for? who are the universities for? What is the quality of education for the current Iranian population? What are the concepts of development in a country in tension with the rest of the world?
Bio
Hooman Razavi was born in Iran and moved to Canada in 2002. He holds a B.Ed degree and has experience with teaching in Toronto and China for the past thirteen years. He is in the second year of the M.Ed program at OISE specializing in leadership and higher adult education as well as in the collaborative program of comparative international and development education. He has a broad interest in education and particularly interested in qualitative research about international students' experience in their study-work transition in the GTA.

Sources:
>Friedrich W. Affolter (2007) Resisting Educational Exclusion: The Baha'I Institute of Higher Education in Iran, Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 1:1, 65-77
>Iranian Rap singer - Amir Tataloo https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAmirTataloo
>Challenges of Iranian Education System: Past and Present by Dr. Nahid Hosseini from York University (In Farsi): http://asre-nou.net/php/view.php?objnr=47721
>Changes in the Iranian Education System after 1979 Revolution- Podcast in 3 Parts by Dr. Saeed Peyvandi (In Farsi): https://tinyurl.com/iraneducation
>Luxury schools in Tehran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhT9iH1-aRI

Cite this podcast (APA):
Ortega, Y. (Producer). (2019, October 15). CES2E4 – Questioning the Iranian Education System [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/chasingencounters/ces2e4-questioning-the-iranian-education-system