Title: Social dimension of the purpose of education
Abstract: This paper presents the most typical aspects of the purpose of education, seen through a social context. One of the most complex questions in pedagogical sciences is the aim of education. Its importance lies in the idea that each society has regarding the kind of person it wants to create, in terms of features, abilities, beliefs etc. The complexity gives rise to numerous determinants which determine the educational purpose: society and the relations within it, the system of values, the development of educational sciences, especially pedagogy, philosophical, ideological and political understanding, globalization, the tradition of a society, as well as the needs, desires, and interests of the person himself.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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