Kyushu University UNESCO Chair on Education for Peace, Social Justice and Global Citizenship

Asian Education Podcast

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The Asian Education Podcast is a forum for discussing research on education and related social issues in Asian contexts. It also seeks to provide Asian perspectives on global debates over education policy and practice. It also seeks to provide Asian perspectives on global debates over education policy and practice. Hosted by Edward Vickers, Yoko Mochizuki, and Gairanlu Pamei, the Asian Education Podcast is produced by the UNESCO Chair on Education for Peace, Social Justice and Global Citizenship at Kyushu University, Japan, in association with the Comparative Education Society of Asia.

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Kyushu University UNESCO Chair on Education for Peace, Social Justice and Global Citizenship

Episodes

Season 1 Episode 3 20.04.2023 1:00:41

Tara de Mel on Sri Lanka’s Educational Challenges Sri Lanka has experienced a succession of acute crises over the past five decades, from terrorist insurgencies to ethnic civil war and, most recently, an economic emergency intensified by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Throughout this period, education has been intimately intertwined with the island’s various social and political problems. E...

Season 1 Episode 2 13.04.2023 56:19

Paul Morris on education in Hong Kong In this episode, Professor Paul Morris of the UCL Institute of Education in London talks to Edward Vickers about education in Hong Kong. Before moving to London in 2007, Paul spent almost 30 years in Hong Kong as an academic and teacher educator, culminating in a five-year spell as President of the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd; now the Education Uni...

Season 1 Episode 1 07.04.2023 48:42

In this initial episode of the Asian Education Podcast recorded on 11 February 2023, the three co-hosts discuss the rationale and focus of the podcast as well as their backgrounds and experiences related to education policy and practice in Asia and beyond. 0. Introduction (00:00-03:05) 1. Why the Asian Education Podcast? (03:06 – 06:32) What is the rationale for having a podcast that discusses edu...