Report on Importance of Higher Education and Issues in Eduaction Practices

What are the purposes of education and
how does it influence what happens in
Higher education institutions?

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
KNOWLEDGE CREATION...........................................................................................................2
Issues in current educational practices........................................................................................3
Impact of educational practices on learning of learners..............................................................4
Factors that create issue for learners to complete their higher education....................................5
EDUCATION FOR REPRODUCTION.........................................................................................6
EDUCATION FOR TRANSFORMATION.................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTION
Education is the essential part of human life. Employers hire people those who have great
knowledge about the field and have ability to perform well in organization. Most of the firm
recruits graduate people and give them chance to make career through higher education.
Pursing higher education, getting master's degree make the person able to get better employment
opportunities (Carneiro and et.al., 2015). It assists in living standard life. Statistical records show
that unemployment rate can be influenced by higher education. If the person has master's degree
then it makes the person able to make their own choice regarding career and field. People those
who have completed their master's degree there median weekly income is approx $1,326.
Education is very important that gives career, social, personal benefits to individual. Recently
teachers are unable to provide quality education to students. It is because changing political
condition, economic condition and poor educational laws (Artess and et.al, 2014). Most of the
people leave their higher education in between of their study duration due to poor economic
condition. These are the essential factors that influence what happen in the higher education
institutes.
Higher education can be defined as getting education at college and university where
lecturers provide in-depth detail about each subject. It is the advance level learning that helps the
learner in getting career opportunities in the future (Thingstrup, Schmidt and Andersen, 2017). It
is optional for the person, individual can get enrolled in higher education after completion of
secondary education. In the higher education individual get opportunity to learn in-depth about
specific subject. That assists in getting professional knowledge that can be used in real life
professional environment.
Higher education is an essential topic because it assists the individual in making their
career and contributing well in development of the nation. Changes in educational institutes
impact on overall development of the students (Weiss, 2015). Thus, this topic is important to
know about the current practices of higher educational institutes and how various factors impact
on education system to great extent. This study is beneficial for the educational institutes in
making positive changes in its practices so that teachers can be able to provide quality education
to learners. This will aid in identifying current issues in the educational system and why learners
are unable to continue their high studies (Cornwell, 2016). This will help in resolving issues of
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current educational system so that students can get quality education and can develop their
knowledge in order to get better employment opportunities.
Present study is based on University of Cambridge. It is second oldest university that
provide knowledge and education to the under graduate and post graduate students. It offers
them chance to get campus placement (Biesta, 2015). Current report will discuss issues in the
university and why learners do not complete their higher education. Furthermore, it will focus on
the current educational practices that impact on learning of learners. It will explain importance of
education for the students and how higher education can help them in living a good life. In
addition, study will cover the areas or factors that influence educational system in UK and ways
through which these issues can be resolved.
The report will first cover knowledge creation aspect in which importance of higher
education and issues in current educational practices will be covered. In knowledge creation part
factors that impact on education system will be involved (Bellei and Cabalin, 2013).
Furthermore, study will discuss on education for reproduction and education for transformation.
At the end of the report entire study will be summarized.
KNOWLEDGE CREATION
Importance of higher education
Education plays significant role in human life, it makes significant changes in the life and
gives chance to be developed and grow (Carneiro and et.al., 2015). School education is just a
primary stage where individual get to know about basic things that makes the person aware with
situation whereas higher education gives chance to individual to be developed and get in-depth
detail about subject area. Teachers now have become center point for policy makers, they give
clear guidance to the policy makers about what chances are required in this system in order to
improve condition of higher education. Learners have various purpose to enrolled in higher
education. Three main purposes are qualification, socialization and subjectification (Artess and
et.al, 2014). Modern society believes that individual can not be able to live a healthy life until
unless individual get proper education. It helps the person in getting career benefits. The main
agenda of each student to take education is to make their career in the future. Till school level
education they do not have proper knowledge about the field in which they want to go. But
higher education enhances their knowledge about various areas in which person can make their
career (Thingstrup, Schmidt and Andersen, 2017). Most of the employers hire people those who
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