By Bea Rodriguez-Fransen
Education and Decolonial Futures in the Philippines
Perspectives for Educators and Practitioners
This book takes readers on a journey through time, highlighting the interconnectedness and fluidity of past, present, and future stories of our world; it encourages all of us to recognize colonial mentality as a global problem, and calls for transdisciplinary, cross-sector, and cross-country collaborations in order to decolonize education and our futures.
AUTHOR, FUTURIST & TED SPEAKER
Dr. Bea
Rodriguez-Fransen
Originally from Malabon, Philippines, I now reside in Arizona, USA. Co-founder and director of Arizona State University (ASU) Next Lab, instructor for The Design School at ASU, a Senior Global Futures Scholar, and a TED-ED Innovative Educator, I have served diverse communities in the Philippines, the United States, and Africa.
A powerful text – well worth reading, as it deconstructs and reconstructs the future. I truly enjoyed the interweaving of the personal with analytic.
– Sohail Inayatullah, PhD
UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies |
Professor, Tamkang University |
Editor, the Journal of Futures Studies
A valuable resource for educators and colonised communities…it puts emphasis on the importance of storytelling and diverse perspectives…encourages reflection on colonial mindsets and supports identity reclamation. This book offers useful methods to practice decolonial methods like narrative bricolage and other participatory methods to help create more inclusive and culturally relevant educational spaces.
– Marie Aubrey Villaceran, Phd
Faculty & Convenor, Decolonial Studies Program,
University of the Philippines
Bea Rodriguez-Fransen astutely documents and analyzes the roots and legacies of colonial mentality and offers oppositional strategies… Drawing from Indigenous onto-epistemologies and methodologies, she provides new conceptual tools and approaches to unshackle and liberate the mindsets, behaviors, and attitudes of racialized, postcolonial, and diasporic subjects…a must-read for all of us committed to reimagining and pursuing global justice and transformation.
– Roland Sintos Coloma, PhD
Professor, Teacher Education, Wayne State University
Through thorough and transparent discussions, Dr. Rodriguez-Fransen offers a thoughtful example of how to engage in critical bricolage research. Both novice and experienced researchers will find this work—unifying futures thinking, decolonial theories, and design justice frameworks—illuminating across diverse disciplines.
– Matt W.B. Rogers, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education
University of New Brunswick, Canada
A key to understanding both Filipino and American futures, Bea Rodriguez-Fransen’s book on decolonizing education practices is a must read for teachers, students, citizens, Filipino or American. A labor of both love and scholarship, [this book] provides a path for seeing ourselves not just awry, but whole.
– Gina Apostol, Author and Teacher
2024 Inouye Chair for Democratic Ideals for University of Hawaii-Manoa |
Rome Prize in Literature | PEN/Open Book Award |
Philippine National Book Awards
Opening this book is like stepping through a decolonial portal, where the familiar loses its hold, and the otherwise emerges. In this charged space, the stakes are high, compelling us all to join in the urgent work of reimagining education – and reconfiguring our ways of knowing and being – with all that the world demands of us.
– Iveta Silova, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean of Global Engagement,
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University
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