Education’s role in fostering critical consciousness and political engagement has been side-lined in favour of a narrow focus on individual success and economic competitiveness
He developed liberation theology, rooted in the lived experience of the oppressed, and committed to transforming unjust social and political structures
Students need to learn creative and critical thinking, so they can work with AI, while they are at university and in the world of work
Amílcar Cabral was assassinated 50 years ago today. His thought, which sometimes arrived in South Africa via a circuitous route, speaks to our current crisis with undiminished power.
bell hooks’s refusal to ‘get in formation’ foregrounded healing as the foundation to a communal liberatory agenda
Knowing the learners and teachers and what they need is essential to reform in the school system
The ability to think analytically and beyond surface-level information is a skill that brings solutions to the world’s issues
The education system needs a revolution so that black people’s academic achievements will improve
Education in South Africa is a mess but alternative education is, well, an alternative
Decolonised education is one that incorporates local information that is relevant to all learners