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Lucinda Meyer,
Kirsty Francis
and Alan
Davies,
Wits School of Education, Johannesburg, South Africa
Equality through Education
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Alan Davies rejects
Indian claim that Racism is "Alive and Well" in Britain
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The Hindustan Times Daily claim that racism appears to be
"alive and well" in Britain, in the editorial Colour of
Prejudice, has been rejected by Alan Davies, British
educational psychologist and joint sponsor of a large number
of educational projects in Africa.
"The alleged racist and bullying events in the Big Brother
house, largely involving Jade Goody and Shilpa Shetty, do not
do justice to the excellent relationships between the
British people and those from other countries" said Davies.
"We have nothing but the highest regard for other cultures.
Indeed, my wife and I have received international approval
for our Three-Point Plan for using money wisely in Africa.
We work with local teachers and lecturers to make what is
already good even better - and we all get on really well."
he added.
"I think the Hindustan Times Daily reporters should visit
Oxley Park Primary School, in Milton Keynes, England, where
the children and parents have raised the money for Lucinda
Meyer, a lecturer of Indian origin from the University of
the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, to fly to the UK to stay
with them for two weeks. They will get a much fairer and
more positive picture of race relations in the UK, if they
were to speak with Lucinda and the children." said Davies.
The visit is a consequence of the headteacher and deputy
being released, by the schools' Governing Body, to visit
South Africa in June 2006, where they worked with farm
school teachers in the Kwena Basin, Mpumulanga. The schools
have no electricity, running water or toilets.
"The children, with the help of parents, staff and
governors, raised money so that we could take out clothes,
books and pencils for the farm school children. When our
children saw the videos of the visit, and we discussed the
content, including Lucinda, they wanted her to come to our
school. So they decided to raise the money so she could
come" said Cathy Higgins, Headteacher.
Dr Jean Place, Principal Tutor, University of the
Witwatersrand, has been a regular visitor to the school, and
in June 2006 she brought nine student teachers to visit
Oxley Park and also schools in Birmingham (Hollywood
Primary), Cardiff (Windsor Clive Infants) and Welsh Medium
schools in North Wales, as guests of Conwy County Borough
Council.
The Davies' company THRASS UK have sponsored the visits and
exchanges, either in full or in part. Other projects have
included training for large numbers of teachers of the deaf,
the setting up of a 'Centre of Excellence' in a Township
school, a week-long workshop for educators and ministers
from across Africa and two-day training workshops for large
numbers of student teachers.
In February 2007, 150 Afrikaans-speaking student teachers at
the University of Pretoria, and in June, 150
English-speaking student teachers, including some speakers
of Zulu, Setswana and SePedi, at the University of the
Witwatersrand, will benefit from sponsored two-day courses
on the role of synthetic phonics in the teaching of English.
On 29 January 2007, Version 4.1 of the ground-breaking
THRASS Phoneme Machine computer programme, a small but
powerful Adobe Macromedia Flash application, is able to be
downloaded from www.thrass.co.uk, for free, by those in the
THRASS UK licensed territory that register for the software.
Size A4 and A3 CALENDAR CHARTS for early language learning,
also free, will also be obtainable (in English, Welsh,
German, French, Spanish, Afrikaans, Zulu and other
languages).
Video Clip 19 Jan 2007:
Equality through Education. Interview with Lucinda Meyer
at Oxley Park.
Related Topics
THRASS GOES LIVE! Mpumalanga to Milton Keynes (May to June
2006)
www.thrass.co.uk/thrassgoeslive.htm
THRASS in Mauritius and Southern Sudan - Even More African
Children Now Set to Benefit from the THRASS Synthetic
Phonics Programme
www.thrass.co.uk/mauritius_s_sudan.htm
Targeting Money Wisely in Africa: British Couple's Plan
Continues to Gain International Approval
www.thrass.co.uk/targetingmoney.htmMaori dance unites primary pupils
www.thrass.co.uk/maori.htm
Issued by: THRASS UK News Media Centre
www.thrass.co.uk/nm.htm
Mike Meade, Media Director, +44 1829 741413 Mob: 07970 151
738
mikemeade@thrass.co.uk
Chris Griffiths, International Development, +30 266 203 1207
chrisgriffiths@thrass.co.uk
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