Global Literacy Education Partnerships with Phillip Wilder, James Cohen, Moses Deogratius, and Andrea Trudeau.In today’s episode host Matt Sroka chats with Phillip Wilder, James Cohen, Moses Deogratius, and Andrea Trudeau about Nonviolent Communication being used to support partnerships between the Global North and the Global South, emphasizing the need to foster “power with” rather than a “power over” relationships. This conversation stems from their commentary for The Journal for Adolescent & Adult Literacy titled: “Cultivating nonviolent relationships within global literacy education partnerships”Dr. Phillip M. Wilder is an associate professor of literacy at Clemson University where his current research explores how youth and educators practice nonviolent communication. A longtime educator with over two decades of experience leading international educational partnerships including Mwangaza Education for Partnership in Tanzania, Phillip guides educational programs which emphasize conscious communication and agency within communities.Dr. James Cohen is a professor of ESL/Bilingual Education at Northern Illinois University. He currently researches areas such as undocumented immigration in the U.S., identity construction of EFL teachers, and partnerships between the global north and global south. James spends his summers taking pre-service teachers to places such as Indonesia, Tanzania and Kenya to provide “Power with” teaching experiences.Moses Deogratius a chief librarian at Madaraka Nyerere library and community resource centre Musina Tanzania since 2016 up until now. Moses was also a Kiswahili teacher at Nyegina secondary school from 2014 to 2019. He also has been working with Tanzania development support for six years. His email is [email protected] Trudeau, Ph.D., NBCT, is an award-winning, human-centered school librarian with 27 years of teaching experience in a public middle school in the Chicagoland area. A passionate advocate for school libraries, she creates a vibrant, student-centered learning commons while also supporting global librarianship and girls' education in East Africa and conducting research on virtual reality's impact on adolescent empathy. You can learn more about Andrea at https://www.noshhlibrarian.com/ or connect with her on X at @Andrea_Trudeau.Resources:“Cultivating nonviolent relationships within global literacy education partnerships”Tanzania Development Support Librarians Building Libraries

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