{"id":6016,"date":"2013-04-18T13:34:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T13:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emagister.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6016"},"modified":"2018-07-06T11:51:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T11:51:24","slug":"innovation-and-education-in-the-favela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emagister.co.uk\/blog\/innovation-and-education-in-the-favela\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Leadbeater: Education and innovation in the slums"},"content":{"rendered":"

In places like the favelas of Rio or the slums of Kiber, a traditional curriculum (even if it were available), simply doesn’t cut it.<\/p>\n

Charles Leadbeater argues that in place like this, education must be relevant and intrinsically interesting in order for it to reach kids.<\/p>\n

“Education needs to work by pull- not push,” he explains, in his straightforward and inspirational Ted Talk about innovation and education in poor areas.\u00a0 “…the challenges of education in a place like this are not to learn the kings and queens of Kenya or Britain. They are to stay alive, to earn a living, to not become HIV positive.”<\/p>\n

We share with you this talk, which shows how innovation can spring from necessity, and how it is changing education for the better in the most unlikely of places.<\/p>\n