Educators Worldwide Convene At Meeting in Cuba
The themes discussed at Cuba's eighth International Pedagogy Conference were almost as varied as the 40 countries that sent participants to this popular event.
Teachers from Chile to China talked about the influences of the mass
media and pop culture on students. Participants debated the impact of
an increasingly globalized economy on education. Others discussed
literacy. Cubans touted their schools, and international accords were
struck.
But, most of all, the 4,000 educators who attended the conference at the Havana International Conference Center last month came to share ideas about educating students in a rapidly changing world. And when they weren't talking globally, they were encouraged to shop locally at a number of stands selling posters and shirts featuring Cuban political icons: the 20th-century guerrilla Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the 19th-century...
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