Watch PBS film “Time for School.” You may use any stories you learned from this film to discuss this question. Remember, the program was completed years ago, the situations may be different nowadays.
What are some of the ways that a culture’s attitude toward education can become manifest in the classroom? Identify some of the outcomes of a culture’s overemphasis and under-emphasis on education.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/time-for-school/video/time-school-2003-2016-full-film/ (Links to an external site.)
Ken’s story https://www.pbs.org/wnet/time-for-school/2016/09/08/ken/ (Links to an external site.)
Or
On the journey to meet the demands of a Japanese education (Links to an external site.)
Raluca’s story https://www.pbs.org/wnet/time-for-school/2016/09/08/raluca/ (Links to an external site.)
Or
Students face high stakes in post-communist Romania (Links to an external site.)
Shugfa’s story WIDE ANGLE | Time for School | PBS (Links to an external site.)
Neeraj’s storyWhy it’s hard for girls in rural India to stay in school
Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQKnjOE7Xug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fVfc2BF6so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOwcWj2VdqQ