Schooling the world : the white man's last burden / Lost People Films presents ; a film by Carol Black ; producers, Neal Marlens, Jim Hurst and Mark Grossan ; directed by Carol Black.
Publisher:
Lost People Films,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
1 videodisc (1 hour, 5 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + discussion guide (51 pages)
Discussion guide available online as a PDF download. Featuring Wade Davis, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Vandana Shiva, Manish Jain, Dolma Tsering. Originally produced in 2010.
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? Beautifully shot on location in the Buddhist culture of Ladakh in the northern Indian Himalayas, [the film] takes a challenging, sometimes funny, ultimately deeply disturbing look at the effects of modern education on the world's last sustainable indigenous cultures\"--Container.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)666503758
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.