ISSUES AFFECTING INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND ACHIEVING INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS

ISSUES AFFECTING INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND ACHIEVING INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS IN GAUTENG PROVINCE Mary Metcalfe GDE Independent Schools Summit 13 September 2017 “Working Towards an Integrated Education System in Combating Unfair Discrimination”

CHINUA ACHEBE STEVE BIKO MEMORIAL LECTURE, 2002 “We should remember Biko, not because it is important to him. He is alright where he is. We must do it because it is important to us. ” Steve Biko died in detention on September 12, 1977 “Working Towards an Integrated Education System in Combating Unfair Discrimination”

RELEVANCE IN 2017: FORTY YEARS LATER? “One has to overhaul the whole system in South Africa before hoping to get Black and white walking hand in hand to oppose a common enemy. As it is, both Black and white walk into a hastily organised integrated circle carrying with them the seeds of destruction of that circle – their inferiority and superiority complexes”. I Write What I Like (IWWIL), White Racism and Black Consciousness, p 70 “Working Towards an Integrated Education System in Combating Unfair Discrimination”

2017 YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOW CHALLENGING: NARROW CONCEPTIONS OF IDENTITY INTERSECTIONALITY RAINBOWISM … hastily organised integrated circles carrying … the seeds of destruction of ARE YOU ‘WOKE’? that circle – [unrecognised and unresolved assumptions] of inferiority and superiority “Working Towards an Integrated Education System in Combating Unfair Discrimination”

IDENTITY AND INTERSECTIONALITY …. is a concept used to describe the ways in which racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, classism, etc. are interconnected and cannot be examined separately from one another. “Working Towards an Integrated Education System in Combating Unfair Discrimination”

IDENTITY AND INTERSECTIONALITY Within each dimension Which is normative? Which has power? …. is a concept used to describe the ways in which racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, classism, etc. are interconnected and cannot be examined separately from one another. NOW ADD ADOLESCENCE TO THE MIX!!! “Working Towards an Integrated Education System in Combating Unfair Discrimination”

IDENTITY AND INTERSECTIONALITY AT SCHOOL: • Which identities are normative? • Which have power? “Working Towards an Integrated Education System in Combating Unfair Discrimination”

INTERSECTIONALITY AT SCHOOL • How many possible intersections? • What possible exclusions? • What social problems result? • What causes? “Working Towards an Integrated Education System in Combating Unfair Discrimination”

“Working Towards an Integrated Education System in Combating Unfair Discrimination”

“Working Towards an Integrated Education System in Combating Unfair Discrimination”

NOW ADD ADOLESCENCE TO THE MIX!!! “Working Towards an Integrated Education System in Combating Unfair Discrimination”

CHINEBE STEVE BIKO ADAPTING ACHEBE AND BIKO FOR TEACHERS IN 2017 Black and white learners and teachers walk into hastily organised integrated schools carrying with them the seeds of destruction of that circle – their inferiority and superiority complexes from complex and unrecognised intersectional power relations (that have overlaying impacts) “We must continue the journey of understanding identity and social cohesion, not because it is important be an effective educator. We must do it because it is important to us and our own growth. ” PURSUE WOKENESS! “Working Towards an Integrated Education System in Combating Unfair Discrimination”

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