The Inside Education and Society podcast invites guests from all over the world to share their experiences and knowledge of education. Also, we focus on how education and society interact with each other in different scenarios.


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Inside Education and Society, a podcast from THE SONAR INSTITUTE

In our second episode, we are joined by Nguyễn Hà My from Vietnam. In the past twenty years, Vietnam has opened up to the world, giving Vietnamese students more opportunities to study abroad. By focusing on the Erasmus + program, we will examine how these new opportunities have influenced Vietnamese society and some of the problems they pose for students. We will also discuss whether such programs have a purely educational role or they serve an additional role in cultural diplomacy as well.


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Ep.2 - My Nguyën: A Vietamese view of global exchange education - THE SONAR INSTITUTE

In this episode, we are joined by Benedikt Gottshclich from Tübingen University. While discussing the current state of German education, we will also focus on Benedikt's research into the benefits of contextualizing science education. Physics is often rated as the most poorly taught and least popular science discipline in schools. Benedikt and his colleagues believe that by contextualizing the often abstract ideas and principles found in physics, students can gain a better understanding of the subject. Furthermore, we will also discuss the differences among genders in terms of academic performance, what might cause them, and how they could be resolved.


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Ep.3 - Benedikt Gottschlich: Contextualizing science education in Germany - THE SONAR INSTITUTE

Traditionally when we think about education, we imagine children following a strict curriculum which is usually established by adults. In this scenario, children often have a minimal role in deciding what or how they learn. Democratic education seeks to resolve this by emphasizing the freedom of children to chose their own path through education. In this episode, we will discuss what democratic education is and how it could affect society with Bruno Gioia Sandler.


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Ep.4 - Bruno Gioia Sandler: Democratic education - THE SONAR INSTITUTE

In this episode, we’re joined by Katrina Murdoch who recently graduated from SOAS, University of London. She studied development economics and we’re discussing female education from this perspective with her.


In the conversation, Katrina shared some examples and causes of gender inequalities in terms of education. And we also talked about some possible actions that we could take to improve these situations.


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The start-up Katrina is helping found is called Barter. You can follow them on Instagram or Facebook.


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Ep.5 - Katrina Murdoch: Female education and social development - THE SONAR INSTITUTE

In the sixth episode, we’re joined by Dr.Immanuel Darkwa from Trinity College, Dublin. From his experience studying abroad and working in the industry, Dr.Darkwa started a project on the field of "Global experiential learning" which involved Irish and Tanzanian students.


In our conversation with Dr.Darkwa, he shared how this project could have the students create a social impact on the local community through learning. And as well the difficulties they've encountered through the process.

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Ep.6 - Immaneul Darkwa: Global experiential learning - THE SONAR INSTITUTE

In this episode, we will discuss Finland's well-known education system; considered to be an ideal model. Finnish children tend to perform better on standardised tests, such as PISA, than their European counterparts. However, few are familiar with the realities of the Finnish education system, and misconceptions abound. In this interview, Joona shares his experiences in Finnish education with us, including how  the school systems work, and how teachers play an integral role in it.
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Ep.1 - Joona Makinen: A quick glimpse of Finnish education - THE SONAR INSTITUTE

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