The Purpose and Future of Education: A Societal Perspective
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Table of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3Aim of Education.........................................................................................................................5Education and society..................................................................................................................9Education and education technology.............................................................................................10Importance of educational technology while teaching..............................................................11Transformation by Educational technology...............................................................................13Preparation for the Age of Educational Technology.................................................................16Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................20References......................................................................................................................................22
IntroductionThe process of education is a continuous one and has helped the people to come to full realization as to what are their capabilities as a human being. Other purposes of education which are widely accepted include serving the social needs, developing the intellect, contributing to the economy, creating effective work force along with preparing students for their career and promoting political and social system. The term education is seen to derive from the Latin word Educare and Educatum. The term educare refers to mould or train and means to lead out or to bring up the propulsion from inward to the outward. Whereas, the term Educatum refers to the act of teaching where light is thrown on the practice and principles of teaching. The developmentof all the latent faculties of an individual refers to the term Educare. However, it is the teacher or the educator who takes all the suitable and appropriate methods for developing these powers. The paper will ponder on the question as to “what is education for, what is its purpose, both here and now and looking to the future?” Using this it to understand the role of educational in the educational institutions and it has shaped the society and helped in changing some of its norms. Further, the essay will present the future outlook of education and the expected change in the educational procedure in the light of technology and innovation.The high quality education is now considered to be one of the most critical factor that influences the achievement of the students. Education can be considered as a highly diffused and difficult activity where the individuals must engage with tremendous seriousness. All the human beings and individuals have to right to be educated where the primary aim of education and its process is to sustain the societal as well as individual improvement. The educational process is seen to
contain tangible as well as moral dimensions to itself. The progress of the society and the individual can easily be assesses by the educational programs. The progress of the society can beindicated by the general development of the community in terms of social, economic and culturalaspects. Sociologically, the term social development can be defined as the concept which displays the positive developments in terms of the social constructs. In other words, the society can be termed as progressing and changing from coming from a less decent situation to the bettercondition with respect to political, economic and social issues. One of the most importance mechanism that provides this change from current to future condition is education. Therefore, education plays the role of paramount importance in the social development of an individual for understanding the required progress and change.The natural and societal conditions are seen to determine the role as well as function of education. The most salient feature within the relationship between education and society is the communal side of education. The society and education is seen to complete each other and no society can carry on without the use of education in its system or vice versa. The role of education is to impact not only the person but the whole community. Therefore the prime purpose of the education is to raise sufficient number of efficient people in order to form a prosperous society. As a phenomenon, education can be considered as a social foundation and a continuous process taking place in the society. Education can easily be considered as an indispensable means of developing the society with more solid base and therefore should be established as a prior and hierarchical sequence. Therefore, one can explain education as an idea and a process which exists within the societal context. The educational system, since the process of industrialization and expansion of the cities has been seen to encounter a tremendous growth. Since then the educational system has become
more universal in nature with majority of individuals being exposed to abstract learning rather than focussing on the practical transmission of the skills. With the establishment of various educational institutions, all the people are basically skilled andhave an in-depth knowledge of social, physical and economic environment but it is also important to master new technical forms of information in order to advance the society so as to fulfil the pure research needs of the society with no immediate practical value being pushed out to the boundaries of knowledge. The purpose of education is not only limited towards providing degrees and educational qualifications but it also helps people to broaden their minds as well as the perspective and prepares the individuals towards higher participation in the economic life.Aim of Education The question as to what is the aim of education is itself seen to involve speculations but does not lead to practical solutions towards problems that set the rational goals. In the early 1980s, the primary objectives of education to the children were presented by Mortimore Adler (Adler, 1982) as follows:a.The develop of citizenshipb.Occupational preparationc.Personal or self-improvementSimilarly, a historian of education David Tyack was seen to argue the purpose of education and schooling as a factor important for economic and social needs (Tyack, 1988). deMarrais and LeCompte (1995) argued that the pragmatic purpose of schooling and education can be suggested as: a.Political purposes like assimilation of immigrants;b.Intellectual purposes where the immigrants are assimilated;
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