Research from EDS in international, peer-reviewed journals

We conduct action research on transformative learning with professor emeritus Erling Krogh and professor Sigrid Gjøtterud from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences:

Rahman, M. H., Lund, T., Alamin, M., Khalid, A. b. M., Krogh, E. (2001). Developing a transformative, cooperative living-educational-theory with children and youth in the EDS (Education for Development and Sustainability) community of practice in Bangladesh. EJOLTS 14(2), 26-50. Microsoft Word – hafiz378mh to jw.docx

Rahman, M. H., Lund, T., Alamin, M., Krogh, E. & Gjøtterud, S. M. (2021). Our transformative journey to become action researchers. IJTR 8(1): 9-19. Our transformative journey to become action researchers (sciendo.com)

We are conducting Living Educational Theory Research with professor Jack Whitehead from the University of Cumbria and Head editor of the EJOLTS Marie Huxtable. We explore our living values freedom, love, social justice, empowerment, joy and democracy. And how practicing these values has a positive, educational influence on own and other’s learning of school subjects and to be a human.

Our living posters exploring our living values: EDS gp page 120125

Videos of EDS made by our EDS youth

Interviews and documentaries about EDS

EDS leader Alamin interviewed by the national Bangladesh TV in a program about Young Bangladeshi leaders.

The regional TV station Mashranga TV made a documentary about the EDS

Newspaper articles about EDS

The person who works to fulfil the dreams of others (2011)

Prothom Alo, leading newspaper in Bangladesh

The story of how Hafiz developed EDS

The dream of a change maker
p. 48-50 in Global knowledge. Norad’s representative in Bangladesh wrote about EDS after visiting our organization.

Seeing his poor friends dropping out of school, Hafiz decided that one day he would make their lives better. With the help of family, friends and scholarship money from Norway, he gives children education.

Wants to give something back
Vil gjerne gi noe tilbake
Ås avis, Hageskal, A.

Hafizur Rahman is voted the name of the year in Ås

Hafizur Rahman er stemt fram som Årets navn i Ås
Ås avis, Løvdahl, Å.

Nyheter | Leserne stemte fram Hafizur Rahman som årets navn i Ås

Sees possibilities where others give up. Children teaching children.
Ser muligheter der andre gir opp. Barn lærer barn å lære.
Ås avis, Risnes, M. S.

Beating is not the way to educate children
From a Chines UN magazine

Hafiz telling the deadly consequences beating children can have and he proposes ways to friendly motivate children for learning instead.

Laiba works as a teacher in Bangladesh
Hole, K. M. (2022). Laiba jobber som lærer i Bangladesh, Aftenposten junior, s. 8-9

Laiba, a Norwegian student, is mentoring and teaching in EDS. She uses games and interactive methods to engage the students and make learning fun. She is interviewed by the national Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten junior.

Gives poor people hope for a future
Eskelund, T. (2008). Gir fattige framtidshåp. Øyene

Trine’s experiences when being with the EDS children in Bangladesh, 2009

Trine strives to make the world a better place to live
Espelund, T. Trine jobber for at verden skal bli et bedre sted å være. Øyene

Proud of the Nobel peace prize
Sørumshagen, Ø. (2014). Stolt av fredsprisen. Øyene

Changing minds: The story of an educational development program
Lund, T. & Rahman, H. (2008). Changing minds: The story of a development education program. Agroecology Newsletter 3 (2): 3-4

What is the right way to do development? The story of EDS shows how resource poor parents struggling to make the ends meet, now focus on enabling their children to access education as an investment in their children’s future

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9.Engaging in Educational Research: Revisiting Policy and Practice in Bangladesh — Monash University

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12.Teen Gang Culture: Too dangerous to be ignored | The Daily Star

13.(2) (PDF) The gangs of Bangladesh: Exploring organized crime, street gangs and ‘illicit child labourers’ in Dhaka (researchgate.net)

14.Teen stabbed dead by “teenage gang members” in Khulna | The Daily Star

15.94% women victims of sexual harassment in public transport (brac.net)

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