Friday, 24 November 2017
Education,Social Change and Modernisation
In the analysis of the relationship between education and social change ,the question is how does education lead to social change? In association between education and modernisation ,the main question is: What kind of education and under what conditions will it generate and strengthen the process of modernisation in a society?
Education has been accepted as one major agency of socialisation, and teachers and educational institutions as socialising agents. In describing education as an instrument of social change, three things are important : the agent of change ,the content of change and the social background of those who are sought to be changed, ie students.Educational institutions under the control of different cultural groups reflect the values of those groups which support and control education,In this situation,teachers impart specific values, aspirations and attitudes to the children.
The use of education for spreading the values of modernisation came to be emphasised from the 1960s and 1970s onwards. Highly productive economies, distributive justice, peoples participation in decision-making bodies, adoption of scientific technology in the industry, agriculture and other occupations and professions were accepted and goals for modernising education.
Education has been accepted as one major agency of socialisation, and teachers and educational institutions as socialising agents. In describing education as an instrument of social change, three things are important : the agent of change ,the content of change and the social background of those who are sought to be changed, ie students.Educational institutions under the control of different cultural groups reflect the values of those groups which support and control education,In this situation,teachers impart specific values, aspirations and attitudes to the children.
The use of education for spreading the values of modernisation came to be emphasised from the 1960s and 1970s onwards. Highly productive economies, distributive justice, peoples participation in decision-making bodies, adoption of scientific technology in the industry, agriculture and other occupations and professions were accepted and goals for modernising education.
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