For Whom and By Whom?
By Lisa Oyolu Having grown up in the United States, American perspectives color many of the lenses which I use to understand the world around me. As a country with immense diversity and systems which…
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The Impact of Globalization on South Africa
This summer, myself and eleven of my peers went to South Africa to study and learn about the educational system present in the country. Before the trip we all took a course with Deborah Michaels…
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Special Education in South Africa
In the global education community, there exists little consensus about or standardization of education. There are two general models: the learner deficit/medical mode, which operates within the framework that social inequality is rooted in biological…
Complex Histories in South Africa and America
Acadia Broussard Background Towards the beginning of our course, we read an article called “Teaching History After Identity-Based Conflicts: The Rwanda Experience.” The article was about the ways in which Rwanda had struggled to form…
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Race Eradicated
By Eden Gregory Considering the United States and its troubling past regarding issues of race and ethnicity, it is no surprise that the idea of race is so prevalent in America. When we describe someone…
The Legacy of Apartheid in South Africa
Landing in Cape Town after days of connecting flights, mishaps, and more than a little stress, our cohort of Grinnellians were exhausted, cranky, and perhaps a bit fragrant. After we collected our luggage, we very…
Intentionality in South Africa
Intentionality in South Africa Tulah Fuchs ‘19 Sitting in the classrooms and walking the pathways of Grinnell, you can often hear students discussing topics such as class, race, cornfields, gender, privilege, squirrels, and many…
Soweto Bicycle Tour
By Hanna Drennan Before the Bicycle Tour We arrived at Johannesburg after catching a flight from Cape Town on a Tuesday afternoon. After we dropped our luggage off at our guesthouse, we drove over to…
Design, Space, and Power in South Africa
By Ellen Schneider ’17 During our trip to South Africa, I often felt as though our itinerary must have been specifically designed to include something that appealed to each person’s specific interests beyond comparative and…
Language in Education: South Africa
By Emily Hines ’17 Going into our school visits in South Africa, I was interested in looking at language use in schools because my research for our final EDU217 project compared language in education policy…
