Shifting educational idealism in the age of globalization

Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas and Ali, Mohd Mumtaz (2024) Shifting educational idealism in the age of globalization. IIUM-Today.

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Abstract

In the past centuries, education was regarded as a medium for creating a good individual and citizen. The philosophy of education is designed to guide in producing the kind of individuals the state intends to create. The analogy of the educator is like that of a blacksmith who moulds the iron into his desired shape while it is still red-hot. Likewise, the learner can be moulded into character by the parents, teachers and school system during his or her tender age. Compared to most contemporary educational systems, in the olden days, all forms of education, regardless of formal, informal and non-formal were all directed towards the transference of knowledge, values, skills, culture, language, religious teachings, etc. from the old to the new and upcoming generation. Education during the bygone centuries had a more holistic and comprehensive concept of bringing up an integrated personality. Modern-day education with its technology-mediated learning has deprived the learner of many real-life experiences. The learner has been confined to the four walls of the classroom, even though the natural world has a lot to offer. Ancient philosophers have always emphasised the fact that any good and ethical activity under the sun can be a learning experience and a soul-enriching process for the learner. Furthermore, many education experts have highlighted that if an individual learns to remember, he or she will forget, and at the same time if the individual learns to understand, he or she will remember. This philosophy explains to us education is not a mere exercise of memorization of facts and figures but the understanding of what life is all about and that life is a process of developing one’s personality.

Item Type:	Article (Electronic Media)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Shifting, Educational, Idealism, Age of Globalization,
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB41 Aims and objectives of education. Sustainable education
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Fundamental and Inter-Disciplinary Studies (Effective: 5th Feb 2014) Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
Depositing User:	Dr. Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak
Date Deposited:	26 Apr 2024 08:45
Last Modified:	26 Apr 2024 08:45
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/111960

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