Diversifying
education for a brighter future
For this years World Education Day come and join Pearl Cove Library for their Human Living Libraries event called "Do You Know What I Know?: a look inside the disparities of language and education".
When: Sunday, 24th Jan 2021
11:30am - 4:00pm
Where: Pearl Cove Library
"The Pearl Room"
What are Human Living Libraries?
The Human Libraries Organisation is being embraced worldwide as a facilitator for increasing inclusivity and challenging perceptions. Their slogan "Unjudge Someone" exemplifies their wish for harmony and a doing away of misconceptions. The notion of a human living library is to provide a setting for one-on-one conversations with people who's experiences or lifestyles make them often misunderstood. These people volunteer themselves as open "books" offer up their thoughts and experiences for attendees to learn and grow from. You can see more about this here.
Do You Know What I Know?
This event will offer us the chance to dispel the misconceptions we have about education and allow us to reform our ideas about what education should mean and offer. Looking in particular at the disparities of teaching across different cultures and the issues which arise from limiting cultural input into our education. Another large focus will be the damage caused by the loss of traditional and cultural languages and knowledge. We will have six incredible volunteers in on the day who will offer up their unique experiences and understandings for us to deliberate upon.
Our "Books" on the day will be:
· An Indigenous Australian and authority
on traditional education and learning methods
· An Indigenous Australian / youth
counsellor for indigenous students
· An Iranian mother and childcare worker
· A university graduate
and businesswoman from Beijing, China
· A refugee and educator from Damascus, Syria
· An Iranian refugee and literary activist
Sessions will run for 20 minutes
Please note: to meet more than one "book" you will have to make multiple bookings
This event is free - you can book here at Eventbrite
For more information please contact us
Phone: (02) 654 07 341
Email: eventstaff@pearlcovelibrary.com.au
Written by Marni Schlenert
