PERSPECTIVES AND REALITIES OF EDUCATION: A CRITICAL REFLECTION

How something appears is always a matter of perspective. So, what are the perspectives of education, in different countries, in the world? Further, what is this education that we refer to? What are citizen’s perspectives of education? What is the validity of these perspectives? Who decides on the validity of these perspectives? What criteria are used to determine the validity of the perspectives of education? Whose perspective of education is being presented in the curriculum? In what context is or was this perspective of education developed/raised/shared? The questions raised are probably conjuring up perspectives in your head with regard to education. So, what perspective/s do you have of education in your country, in the world? How did you come to have this/these perspective/s?