Education around the world: Difference between revisions

From Rights-Centric Education
No edit summary
(Removed Nharo and Sigo)
 
(2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 11: Line 11:
* Māori: '''ako''' <ref>New Zealand</ref><ref> [https://tereomaori.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-guidelines/Teaching-and-learning-te-reo-Maori/Aspects-of-planning/The-concept-of-ako The concept of ako describes a teaching and learning relationship], where the educator is also learning from the student and where educators’ practices are informed by the latest research and are both deliberate and reflective. Ako is grounded in the principle of reciprocity and also recognises that the learner and whānau cannot be separated. '''rangatiratanga''' was also offered , which translates as self-determination, in preference over the typical translation of mātaranga, where Mātaranga Māori is "our knowledge, or our ways of knowing, doing and being"</ref>
* Māori: '''ako''' <ref>New Zealand</ref><ref> [https://tereomaori.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-guidelines/Teaching-and-learning-te-reo-Maori/Aspects-of-planning/The-concept-of-ako The concept of ako describes a teaching and learning relationship], where the educator is also learning from the student and where educators’ practices are informed by the latest research and are both deliberate and reflective. Ako is grounded in the principle of reciprocity and also recognises that the learner and whānau cannot be separated. '''rangatiratanga''' was also offered , which translates as self-determination, in preference over the typical translation of mātaranga, where Mātaranga Māori is "our knowledge, or our ways of knowing, doing and being"</ref>
* Mohawk: '''ionterihwaienhstáhkhwa''' <ref>Note from [https://www.educationrevolution.org/store/about/team/ Jerry Mintz]: This is the word for "school", I do not know if there is a separate word for "education";  see [[Iroquois_Democracy|story of how Jerry helped setup a school that helped preserve the Mohawk language]]</ref>
* Mohawk: '''ionterihwaienhstáhkhwa''' <ref>Note from [https://www.educationrevolution.org/store/about/team/ Jerry Mintz]: This is the word for "school", I do not know if there is a separate word for "education";  see [[Iroquois_Democracy|story of how Jerry helped setup a school that helped preserve the Mohawk language]]</ref>
* Nepali: Same as Hindi
* Nepali: Same as Hindi <ref>Nepal</ref>
* Portuguese: '''educação''' <ref>Portugal</ref> <ref>Brazil</ref>
* Portuguese: '''educação''' <ref>Portugal</ref> <ref>Brazil</ref>
* Quechua: '''yachay''' <ref>'''yachachiy''' was also offered, we are uncertain which is more suitable</ref> <ref>Andes, including modern day Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru</ref>
* Quechua: '''yachay''' <ref>'''yachachiy''' was also offered, we are uncertain which is more suitable</ref> <ref>Andes, including modern day Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru</ref>

Latest revision as of 17:27, 30 July 2024

For the Rights-Centric Education logo, we will be featuring the word Education in multiple languages, with an explicit effort to include words and concepts outside the colonial view of education (which is what took rights-violating practices of education around the world, to, you know, educate the savages..)

  • Arabic: تعليم
  • Bahasa Indonesia: pendidikan [1]
  • Chinese: 教育
  • Greek: παιδεία [2]
  • Hebrew: חינוך [3]
  • Hindi: शिक्षा [4]
  • isiZulu: imfundo [5]
  • Malayalam: വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം [4]
  • Māori: ako [6][7]
  • Mohawk: ionterihwaienhstáhkhwa [8]
  • Nepali: Same as Hindi [9]
  • Portuguese: educação [10] [11]
  • Quechua: yachay [12] [13]
  • Sinhala: අධ්‍යාපනය [14]
  • Spanish: educación [15][16]
  • Sri Lankan Malay: belajaran [14]
  • Swedish: utbildning [17]
  • Tamil: கல்வி [14] [4] [18]
  • Telugu: విద్య [4]
  • Thai: การศึกษา [19]
  • Turkish: eğitim [20]
  • Ukrainian: освіта [21]


While we are open to adding words from any language, we do have a Wishlist:


Pronunciation guide

We have often received anglicised versions of the name as a guide to pronunciation, but would prefer to either display in IPA notation and/or link to an audio recording

Notes

  1. ↑ Indonesia
  2. ↑ Recognising that the word "school" is of Greek origin; This was offered by a Greek speaker from Cyprus; the words most commonly used are connected to traditional schooling and being taught in a traditional sense (εκπαίδευση) whereas παιδεία which has a wider meaning to include character, as well as skills and all these learned through a variety of ways, formal tutoring as well as learning through experiences, society, etc
  3. ↑ Recognising the first state sponsored Democratic School, in Hadera
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 India
  5. ↑ South Africa
  6. ↑ New Zealand
  7. ↑ The concept of ako describes a teaching and learning relationship, where the educator is also learning from the student and where educators’ practices are informed by the latest research and are both deliberate and reflective. Ako is grounded in the principle of reciprocity and also recognises that the learner and whānau cannot be separated. rangatiratanga was also offered , which translates as self-determination, in preference over the typical translation of mātaranga, where Mātaranga Māori is "our knowledge, or our ways of knowing, doing and being"
  8. ↑ Note from Jerry Mintz: This is the word for "school", I do not know if there is a separate word for "education"; see story of how Jerry helped setup a school that helped preserve the Mohawk language
  9. ↑ Nepal
  10. ↑ Portugal
  11. ↑ Brazil
  12. ↑ yachachiy was also offered, we are uncertain which is more suitable
  13. ↑ Andes, including modern day Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Note from Sifaan: Of course I want the logo to include the words for education from my country, Sri Lanka, and given how much language barriers have contributed to conflict here, I want to recognise as many of our languages as I can, even if they are minor (the Malay community is 0.2% of our population)
  15. ↑ Spain
  16. ↑ Latin America
  17. ↑ Swedish. ut is "outside" and bildning is "grasping" - so grasping something that is outside you
  18. ↑ Recognising the work on Children's Parliaments by Joseph Rathinam in Chennai, India
  19. ↑ Thailand
  20. ↑ Turkey
  21. ↑ Ukraine
Retrieved from "https://wiki.rights-centric.education/index.php?title=Education_around_the_world&oldid=103"