ERIC Number: EJ739447
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Jun
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-7925
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Gandhian Education in Bali: Globalisations and Cultural Diversity in a Time of Fundamentalisms
Tamatea, Laurence
Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, v36 n2 p213-228 Jun 2006
The paper presents findings from a research project undertaken at the Taman Rama Gandhi School in Bali during the first anniversary week of the Bali Bombings in 2003. It explores the school's response to four key components of Gandhi's model of Basic Education ("Nai Talim") and shows that the claimed curriculum is framed by two contradictory discourses: a globalisation from above discourse and a Gandhian discourse of tolerance and peace, more consistent with a globalisation from below discourse. The argument is made that the curriculum's commitment to the neo-liberal capitalist values of the globalisation form above discourse may ultimately thwart the emphasis upon peace and tolerance in the discourse from below. (Contains 4 notes.)
Descriptors: Global Approach, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Social Systems, Case Studies, Role Models, Critical Theory, Curriculum Evaluation, Politics of Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), School Culture, Socioeconomic Influences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indonesia
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