Ep7| "Every day at school is about much, much more" - Penny Rabiger, Educationalist

In his next conversation, Josh speaks with Educationalist, Penny Rabiger who he met at a Global Citizenship conference for educators run by Highland One World in Inverness. She was the guest speaker alongside Lisa Williams of the Edinburgh Carribean Association.

Recorded on Friday 1st May.

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Penny is Director of Engagement at Lyfta
Co-founder of BAMEEd Network

She mentions Runnymede's Our Migration Story

The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (aka SDGs or 'Global Goals') are 17 goals that came out of a worldwide consultation (including input from the global public) and that followed on from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The latter focused more on the so-called 'developing' world but, as Penny mentions, the SDGs are aimed at every country and acknowledge that more must be done to reduce inequalities, poverty etc. in all countries. They are also used by many educators and offer a useful, accessible framework for engaging educators and pupils alike with global social, political and environmental issues. If you live in Scotland, you may like to join the SDG Network Scotland (for FREE) as an organisation or individual. 

Penny's own article on the SDGs, which Josh refers to, is here.

Decolonisation of the Curriculum was mentioned and Penny explained how she would describe it. Here's another from SOAS University and another from Lisa Williams of ECA here.

Finally, here's a link to Ikigai, which Josh mentioned from Penny's SDG article.


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