[PeDAGoG] Committed to teaching the truth - can you help?

Sat Nov 14 17:00:56 CET 2020

Dear Rachel,

Thanks for reaching out.  I would love to respond positively to your ask.  Just a matter of timing.  We move beyond the teaching period of our master’s programmes on December 4.  If not too late, I’d be delighted to prioritise this beyond that date.

J

Jonathan Dawson
Coordinator of Economics
Schumacher College

From: GTA-PeDAGoG [mailto:gta-pedagog-bounces at lists.ourproject.org] On Behalf Of ThoughtBox Education
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 09:43
To: gta-pedagog at lists.ourproject.org
Subject: [PeDAGoG] Committed to teaching the truth - can you help?

Good morning all,

I’m emailing with an invitation to you and any of your colleagues or connections working in social justice who you think could support this endeavour:

As a social enterprise committed to teaching children how - not what - to think, ThoughtBox Education<http://www.thoughtboxeducation.com/> is excited to be launching a new (free) inquiry-based curriculum for all schools exploring Equality and Justice.  The programme will be available for 5-18 year olds, with modules containing four lessons each.
We recognise the enormity of this subject, the need to approach with integrity and the importance of allowing all voices to be heard. As such we are reaching out to a small number of inspired friends and practitioners working in the field of justice for people and planet to invite you to join a peer-review panel and share your thoughts on the curriculum before we launch it to the world.

NB: We wish to communicate that we are not just replacing the source of oppression in this curriculum by sharing a better set of beliefs, but are truly committed to supporting open-mindedness and critical thinking to allow young people to listen, reflect, learn and unlearn accordingly.

Our ask:
We’d love you to take a look at one, some or all of our curriculum for 11-18 year olds and share your thoughts. In particular we would love to know:

  1.  Have we approached these explorations with due respect and sensitivity?
  2.  Have we overlooked any vital reflections?
  3.  Are there wider resources you suggest we link schools to?

How much time can you offer?

  1.  10 minutes: Take a look through one of our lessons to get a feel for our approach. Or…
  2.  30 minutes: Look through a full curriculum for one of our age ranges and share thoughts. Or…
  3.  60 minutes: Look through the progressive curriculum from 11-18 year olds and send us your reflections

We would welcome your reflections ASAP and by Friday 20th November 2020 at the latest.

In return:

  1.  We promise to listen to your reflections and absorb them into the final programme
  2.  We would love to link to you and your work as part of our peer review panel
  3.  We wish to offer you full access to these curriculum and resources to share with any of your networks

What is our approach?
ThoughtBox is a social enterprise learning about learning. We acknowledge just how deeply fragmented perspectives are in society, whilst a strong top-down narrative continues to hold significant sway. Whilst inviting inquiry and reflection in our lessons, we are clearly, openly challenging the status quo. Our curriculum is built on a foundation of empathy and openness to encourage diversity of thought and the practice of unlearning.

I attach an overview of the programme and a link to the lessons below in anticipation of your support. If you could reply to confirm whether you’re happy to help or not, that would be wonderful.

Equality & Justice inquiry curriculum – A free resource<https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g81ab7b5ls4yrgz/AAC0XcvCTwTvqgYAtRh9VGDQa?dl=0>

Regardless of whether or not you’re able to support, may I take this opportunity to thank you sincerely for the work you’re doing to shape a more just world.

Warmest wishes,
Rachel

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Rachel Musson
Director of Education
Phone: +44 7970 157883
Email: rachel at thoughtboxeducation.com<mailto:rachel at thoughtboxeducation.com>
www.thoughtboxeducation.com<http://www.thoughtboxeducation.com>

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