Conventional Education Critique

Conventional Education Critique

Currently, education is highly valued thus prioritized by most societies judging from the numerous establishments of learning institutions and emphasis on the need to educate societal members especially the young. Education is the societal focal aspect largely supported and accepted. However, some ideologists tend to question the relevance of the largely used conventional education system in relation to its aims, adopted teaching process and relevance. This paper discuses the concept of education from the perspective of three theorist, Paulo Freire, Jane Martin and Joel Spring who tend to criticize education based on its failure to attain freedom, being based on theoretical knowledge and human capital ideology, respectively, that have jeopardized the attainment…