September 23, 2022

162 What Is Bahá’í Education- Can We Talk About An Incipient Field Of Bahá’í Education-Filip Boicu

1 hour 44 minutes

Can we talk about an incipient field of Bahá’í education?

This webinar will expand on the chapter on Education from the collective volume “The World of the Bahá’í Faith” (2022) edited by Robert Stockman.

The first part will highlight different current expectations about what should fall under the topic of “Bahá’í education”.

The second part will explore the three types of curricula mentioned in the article (FUNDAEC, Anisa Model, BIHE) and their theoretical sources.

The third part will propose that elements of a Bahá’í field of education can be discerned, however inchoately, but that serious effort must be undertaken for these to be drawn together and configured into a field of study. A general tendency for amnesia about previous contributions must make way for a wider and more inclusive process of gathering and ordering such contributions in a way that is mindful of their historical context and their significant achievements.

Finally, if time allows, the importance of universities as key elements of a global architecture of knowledge, and the essential role of such global architectures of knowledge in the 21st century, might also receive some treatment.

Webinar Resource

Education in Pedagogy and Practice – chapter in “THE WORLD OF THE BAHÁ’Í FAITH” (ROUTLEDGE 2022)

https://www.academia.edu/61077875/Education_in_Pedagogy_and_Practice_chapter_in_THE_WORLD_OF_THE_BAHA_I_FAITH_ROUTLEDGE_2022_

Contributors

Filip Boicu

Filip Boicu holds a PhD in education from the University of Nottingham and is a reviewer for the International Journal of Educational Development. He works in the field of higher education and is concerned with how digitalization, financialization, the Sustainable Development Goals, and curriculum building can be re-directed to respond to issues of world order. He is also currently exploring notions of a conceptual framework for Bahá’í education.

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