How can education change this society??

How Can Education Change this Society?

Education is a unique medium for bringing in social changes. But due to social changes, there arises a necessity of introducing changes in the educational system also.

It is one of the main duties of education to equip man; with the power and abilities with the help of which he may adjust himself in the ever- changing social environment Education should develop a liberal attitude in man towards social changes.

But this liberal attitude does not mean that he should accept the social changes blindly. He has to make his attitude fully scientific. In a progressive society, researches, investigations and experimentations have to be encouraged.

Towards this goal educational efforts have to be directed. Thus our educational system has to be purposive. It is important to exercise the necessary control on social change, because sometimes some change may be also harmful for society. Therefore bad social changes must be checked in order that social evils may not spread.

Education has to be made a tool for preventing the spread of social evils and blocking their source of origin. Through these tool good points of old traditions and culture may be safeguarded and in place of bad old ones new progressive types may be encouraged. All the social institutions should take the help of education in effecting a balance between various social changes.

It is not necessary that whatever social changes man brings in for making his life happy will be necessarily helpful to him in the ultimate analysis. However, education is the best means for implementing the changes that he desires.

That is why it is said that education is the dynamic side of our philosophy or ideas. Through education man brings his thinking on the right track and gets a direction for proceeding further. If the efforts are helpful to the society, they should be accepted; otherwise the same should be rejected.

Therefore a thinker and philosopher should use education for making man’s life purposive. Education is the best means for full development of man. Whatever goals of life are determined by society they should be corresponding to the age, experience and environment of the individual in general.

Only then a right direction will be available for social change and progress. The goals of education should be such as to suit to various stages of development of the individual. The goals for one stage of development may not be congenial to another stage. For example, the goals Fixed for the primary stage may not be helpful for the secondary stage of education or for adult or old age of man.

Material culture is also developed through education, but the social elements allied with the material culture have to be transformed through education wherever necessary. For example, language development is not possible without education.

Language is an element of non-material culture. Language is the best means for interaction of various ideas. Therefore education may develop non-material culture as well.

Education establishes a relationship between knowledge and new investigations and researches. From this it becomes clear how the new knowledge will affect the human life.

For effecting a social changes education acts in two ways:

1. To safeguard the material and non-material elements of culture, and
2. To encourage new investigation pertaining to material culture and to introduce new ideas in social life

I believe that education definitely has an impact on society and how we perceive both ourselves and everyone around us. I would say that education is the first time you notice cultural differences and what other people’s views are.

Education helps to integrate students from different backgrounds. It enables us to take part in group activities with others who are completely different to ourselves. Some may have a different financial background to you, others will have personal issues etc. In this case, education does help bring people from all backgrounds together.

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Depending on the type of school you go to, education can help reduce violence. Now, there are some schools in which it is not disciplined enough so students can get away with this type of behaviour. Most schools I know of do have rules in place to help deter students away from violence and crimes. I know that in the school, there are many stories of children bringing knives to school or shooting in classes. So education definitely has an impact on society in regards to crime rates.

The main benefit of education is that it gives people hope for the future. If you do well in your education, it will open up so many doors if you allow your mentality and your mindset to take you far in life. Most people will shun off education completely and then complain down the line why their life hasn’t gone the way they wanted it to. Put 100% into your education and you will reap the rewards in the future.

There are many aspects of education that can help grow your network. One of these may be educational trips. If you meet someone on one of your educational trips, then take action and try to make as many contacts as possible. This will be very beneficial in the future. Going to after-school clubs can also have similar benefits if you look at them in a professional manner.

Education definitely has an impact on society for every single student. It is up to you to decide whether that impact is a positive one or a negative one.

Article by: ShanzyShykh

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