Summary If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S. Government knew this in the 19th century when it forced Native American children into government boarding schools. Today, volunteers build schools in traditional societies around the world, convinced that school is the only way to a 'better' life for indigenous children. But is this true? What really happens when we replace a traditional culture's way of learning and understanding the world with our own? SCHOOLING THE WORLD takes a challenging, sometimes funny, ultimately deeply disturbing look at the effects of modern education on the world's last sustainable indigenous cultures. View more details
Directed : Carol Black
Written : Albert Einstein Carol Black Elwood P. Cubberly
Stars : Wade Davis Vandana Shiva Helena Norberg-Hodge Elijah Gergen
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Oct 27, 1988
Countries of origin : United States India
Official sites : Carol Black
Language : English
Filming locations : Ladakh, India
Production companies : Lost People
Summary If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S. Government knew this in the 19th century when it forced Native American children into government boarding schools. Today, volunteers build schools in traditional societies around the world, convinced that school is the only way to a 'better' life for indigenous children. But is this true? What really happens when we replace a traditional culture's way of learning and understanding the world with our own? SCHOOLING THE WORLD takes a challenging, sometimes funny, ultimately deeply disturbing look at the effects of modern education on the world's last sustainable indigenous cultures. View more details
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Oct 27, 1988
Countries of origin : United States India
Official sites : Carol Black
Language : English
Filming locations : Ladakh, India
Production companies : Lost People
