Learning To Be Inclusive

 


https://djnavarro.net/post/metamorphosis-part-one/


Learning to be inclusive requires the transformation of nations, communities and individuals. There has to be a root change in people’s views on all aspects of the capitalist culture, which has generated conflict over centuries because of the colonial abstraction and use of Earth’s limited natural resources. 


Education for social justice is needed, which has implications for what we teach (curriculum) and how we teach (pedagogy).The goals for learning to be inclusive are to establish a pedagogy and curriculum for changing our views;  worldviews, collective views, interpersonal views and individual views about being someone other.  A political model to establish this is steady state socialism in a cosmopolitan society where human needs sit in balance with the resources needed to satisfy them (Table 1).


Table 1 A themed curriculum for place and change.

(Based on a ‘Kid friendly’ version of the 13 guiding principles by Lalena Garcia)


Change is focused on five views of inclusivity, namely world views, societal views, interpersonal views and individual views, which are defined as follows; 


‘Worldviews’ are about;


Globalism

Globalism means that we are thinking about all the different people all over the world, and thinking about the ways to keep things fair everywhere.

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Diversity

Different people do different things and have different feelings. It's so important that we have lots of different kinds of people in our community and that everyone feels safe. 


‘Societal views’ are about;


Families

There are lots of different kinds of families; what makes a family is that it's people who take care of each other. It's important to make sure that all families feel welcome. 


Villages and Neighbourhoods 


There are many different kinds of families; what makes a family Is that it's people who take care of each other; those people might be related, or maybe they choose to be family together and to take care of each other. Sometimes, when it's lots of families together, it can be called a village. Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks.  It is a spatial unit in which face-to-face social interactions occur—the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control.


Collective value

Everybody is important, and has the right to be safe and happy


‘Interpersonal views’ are about;


Empathy

It is important to think about how other people feel, because different people have different feelings. Sometimes it helps to think about how you would feel if the same thing that happened to your friend happened to you.


Loving engagement

It is important to make sure that we are always trying to be fair and peaceful, and to engage with other people (treat other people) with love. We have to keep practicing this so that we can get better and better at it


Intergenerational inclusivity

It's important that we have spaces where people of different ages can come together and learn from each other. Another way to say that is intergenerational.


Thinking genealogically about place 

Genealogy, in short, is first and foremost a way of thinking and thinking genealogically is one of the distinctive characteristics of human cognition. Because they are the very objects of our genealogical imagination, ancestors and relatives deserve a prominent place among the foundational pillars of being.


‘Individual views’ are about;


Gender

There are some people who think that women are less Important than men. we know that all people are important and have the right to be safe and talk about their feelings


Transgender

Everybody has the right to choose their own gender by listening to their own heart and mind. Everyone gets to choose if they are a girl or a boy or both or neither or something else, and no one else gets to choose for them. 


Being queer

Everybody has the right to choose who they love and the kind of family they want by listening to their own heart and mind. 


Being unapologetically yourself

There are lots of different kinds of people that vary in the colour of their skin,  But all share a common biochemical heritage with other living beings.  So It's important to make sure that everyone is treated fairly, and that's why people all over the world, white as well as black, are part of the Black Lives Matter movemen

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