Technology Education and Economic Competitiveness in Developing Countries: The Sri Lankan Experience

Ezeife, Anthony N.; Arivalagan, T.

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“…And the reforms are promoted and financially supported by international organizations that include the World Bank, UNESCO, and OECD. Arguably, the STEM efforts of the international organizations in postcolonial contexts (Dierking & Falk, 2016;Ezeife & Arivalagan, 2006;Hallinen, n.d.;Iaccarino, 2001Iaccarino, , 2004 necessitates the implementation of consciousness raising, as a social justice intervention (Dei, 1999;Freire, 1970).…”

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A Commentary on Kenya’s Response to the Global STEM Movement from Social Justice Perspectives: Would School-Community Innovation Centres/Makerspaces Address Apparent Gaps in the Proposed Curriculum?

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2020

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This paper discusses Kenya’s proposed STEM curriculum in the context of the new education system. The new education system aims at socioeconomic development following Kenya’s Vision 2030 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The paper refers to social justice perspectives to discuss strengths and weaknesses of the proposed STEM curriculum. Our exploration of the reform documents led to the question: Has Kenya got the means to benefit from the progressive reform ideas given meagre resources and local worldviews that might conflict with the scientific/STEM worldview? In response to this dilemma, the paper suggests innovation centres or do-it-yourself centres akin to makerspace activity, as one way to engender the development of endogenous science/STEM. Setting endogenous science/STEM as the framework for the proposed STEM curriculum is likely to seamlessly address the socioeconomic goals as stipulated for the new education system.

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A Commentary on Kenya’s Response to the Global STEM Movement from Social Justice Perspectives: Would School-Community Innovation Centres/Makerspaces Address Apparent Gaps in the Proposed Curriculum?

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It was in 1994, when Douglas Ray and David Radcliffe were co-editors of the Canadian and International Education Journal (CIEJ) that the idea of an Index for the journal was advanced. The task was initially planned for 1996, and as research associate to Douglas Ray, I was selected to compile this Index. However, Education for Human Rights, later published by the International Bureau of Education, UNESCO, then the third edition of the Social Change and Education in Canada a textbook for the Faculty of Education took away all my 20hour/week time. It is thirteen years later that, as Administrative Assistant to the Journal Editor, that I could realize the dream. That was Suzanne's idea to get the Index published in this special third issue of Volume 36, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada. I was lucky to have the unfailing assistance and support of Ms. Chen Jie, and of Mr. Mohsen Mahmoudi. Both were equally dedicated to the job, eager to contribute long hours for this work, and above all, were never afraid to ask for clarification. Without them, this Index would not have been completed. I would like to acknowledge here the hard work and serious research of Ms. Chen and of Mr. Mahmoudi. They have done their best. Some mistakes and errors that may come to your attention are solely mine. This Index includes all issues of the CIEJ, from volume 1 to volume 36. Each entry has the author(s)'s name (s) and the title of the article. We tried to have the region, country, provinces or states as the first keyword, situating the article's scope within its geographical area(s). The keywords are kept within a reasonable length. Articles in French have also their "mots-clés" to facilitate the searches. At the end of the Index, you will find the three Proceedings of the Society (1967, 1968, and 1970), during its founding period. We could not locate the other two (1969 and 1971) and indeed, cannot ascertain whether they were ever produced. We hope that you will find in this Index some of the necessary sources for your research, and the team would like to invite you to send us your comments and suggestions so the next Index will benefit from all and for all.

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Technology Education and Economic Competitiveness in Developing Countries: The Sri Lankan Experience

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A Commentary on Kenya’s Response to the Global STEM Movement from Social Justice Perspectives: Would School-Community Innovation Centres/Makerspaces Address Apparent Gaps in the Proposed Curriculum?

A Commentary on Kenya’s Response to the Global STEM Movement from Social Justice Perspectives: Would School-Community Innovation Centres/Makerspaces Address Apparent Gaps in the Proposed Curriculum?

Canadian and International Education Journal Index

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