The role of education in development: A socio‐political perspective

Abstract

The question of education remains at the core of the development continuum. While education for the good life has been one of the most persistent concerns of men throughout history, in this presentation, it will be argued that education, for the most part, has taken a pedantic and overly managerial approach. It is the major thesis of this paper that education should presuppose a critical and confrontive posture which should continuously examine our political and administrative given in an attempt to explore possibilities for social change. It is a critical approach to re‐evaluate our relationship with the public and their substantive development needs.

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Lecturer in Geography and Development Studies, University of Durban‐Westville, South Africa, and Research Fellow, Centre for Metropolitan Planning and Research, Johns Hopkins University, USA.