Overview
This talk is the story of a group of fisherwomen in a traditional community on the Amazonian Coast that signed up for an education programme, and decided to change it.
Who are these women? How do traditional fishing communities differ from indigenous peoples in the Brazilian Amazon? How do the fisherwomen live? Why did an NGO select that community to offer a financial literacy education programme? What was the approach used? And…why did the fisherwomen decide they would change the approach?
The talk is part of Raquel Scarpa-Gebara's PhD research*, which focuses on designing an evaluation model that can identify, describe and analyse the process, impact and outcomes of this education programme. Raquel’s research contributes to the existing evidence on the complexity of the historical, cultural, social, educational, financial, and ecological contexts of traditional coastal communities in Brazil, as well as to research in education evaluation models that can operationalise individual, group and organisational change.
*fieldwork partially funded by the Wolfson Travel and Research Grant
Speaker
Raquel Scarpa-Gebara holds a master’s degree in Neuroscience and Behaviour from the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil and earned an MPhil with distinction in 2020 in Educational Leadership and School Improvement (ELSI) from the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. Her work on designing an evaluation model for Lesson Study implementation and outcomes in Kazakhstan was awarded a Jennings Prize for outstanding academic achievement by Wolfson College in 2020 and Best Dissertation in ELSI 2020 by the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. Raquel is currently working on her PhD, continuing her research in education impact analysis as part of the Education Reform and Innovation research group, using as a case study the education programme offered to fisherwomen on the Amazonian Coast.
Raquel co-founded the Saturday School hosted by Wolfson for black and brown British youth of the Cambridgeshire area; she is also co-founder and co-producer of the Wolfson podcast Shade in Cambridge, which explores the many aspects of racism in our society. Raquel is co-chair of the Race, Ethnicity, and Faith section of the Wolfson College Diversity and Inclusion steering committee. Before coming to Wolfson, Raquel worked as a Marine Biologist, Experimental Psychologist, Curriculum Coordinator, Teacher Professional Development Trainer, Head of Science, and Biology teacher. Raquel chairs schools and colleges evaluation visits in many countries and contributes as a consultant to leading education organisations.
Details
This is a hybrid event, which will take place in-person in the Gatsby Room (Chancellor's Centre) and also on Zoom.
If you would like to attend online, please register for the Zoom link.
For the in-person audience, drinks and snacks will be available after the talk.
The Humanities Society organises regular talks spanning a wide range of topics every Tuesday during term time.
