The purpose of education

The Purpose

of Educati

on

Foundation of Education

- SMOEURN pong- SAO Sangkheoum- KEO Sophon

Do you think

Educationis important?

“Education allows children to develop the skills and

confidence they need to strengthen their societies, break the cycle of poverty

and build peace in their communities.”

- Save the Children

The Goal of Education “The goal of education is to enrich the lives of students

while producing articulate, expressive thinkers and lifelong learners that are socially responsible, resilient, and active citizens of the world. Education is about teaching students, not subjects.” – Dave Truss

Establishing

Goals and Objectives

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Forces That Influence Educational Goals

Society Shifts in economy, family trends, media, changing social mores

Knowledge Discoveries, new developments in science, technology, new organizations of fields of study

Learners Changing beliefs about learning processes or the nature of learners


Goals• Set broad,

general direction or aims

• Cannot be directly observed

• Set at national, state, and district levels, becoming more specific as they become more local

Objectives• Describe specific

endpoint or outcome

• Often measurable in students’ behavior

• Set at subject or grade level, unit plan level, and lesson plan level, becoming more specific for smaller units of instruction


Four Fundamental Questions for Creating School Goals

1. What educational purposes should the school seek to attain?

2. What educational experiences can we provide to help attain these purposes?

3. How can these educational experiences be effectively organized?

4. How can we determine whether (and to what extent) the purposes have been attained?


History of Educational GoalsBefore 1900s

Mental Discipline Approach

1910s to 1950s

Whole Child Concept

1950s Sputnik era emphasis on math, science, languages, gifted and talented

1960s to 1980s

Focus on disadvantaged children

1990s to 2000s

Emphasis on accountability

Cambodian’s Historical Context

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Historical context and the politicization of education


• FRENCH (AUGUST 11, 1863 TO NOVEMBER 9, 1953)

•Under the Prince Sihanouk (1953 -1970)

•UNDER THE KHMER REPUBLIC (1970-1975)

•Under the Khmer Rouge (1975 -1979)

•Under the Vietnamese occupation (1979 – 1991)

•Under the UNTAC and the Coalition Government (1991 - 1997)

•Under Hun Sen (1997 – Present )

The main purpose was to educate young men with the general knowledge about life and society such as social ethics, life skills, as well as to attain a certain degree of basic literacy.

FRENCH (AUGUST 11, 1863 TO NOVEMBER 9,

1953)

Under the Prince Sihanouk (1953 -1970)

to transform the country into an industrialized and technologically advanced modern state in the region.

UNDER THE KHMER REPUBLIC(1970-1975)

The Lon Nol government had considered education expansion as a priority for the success of the country's development

“Study is not important. What’s important is work and revolution.”

to achieve the policy of an agrarian revolution.

Under the Khmer Rouge (1975 -1979)

Under the Vietnamese occupation (1979 – 1991)

restore the educational system by callingsurvivors to be teachers and trainers in schools and institutions of higher learning.

Under the UNTAC and the Coalition Government (1991 - 1997)

to develop human resources and capacity building by increasing to at least 15 percent of public expenditure of the whole national budget on education


System of General Education in Cambodia: 6 + 3 + 3 ; 12 years of schooling

Primary education (Grades 1-6): 6 years

Lower secondary education (Grades 7-9): 3 years

Upper Secondary (Grade 10, 11 and 12): 3 years

Under Hun Sen (1997 – Present )


Primary education (Grades 1-6)

The purpose of education at this level is:· To strengthen basic skills such as reading and writing skills.· To get pupils to be aware of and to preserve the value of arts and entertainment.· To provide pupils with opportunities to develop their interest andunderstanding in their traditional culture.


Lower secondary education (Grades 7-9)

The purpose of education at this level is:· To educate students the real value of Khmer arts, value of beauty/esthetics· To develop in students the skills in doing performance, the interest in doing artistic activities for entertainment, the value of traditional arts· To get students to be aware of the value of esthetics. Hence its values must be preserved and entertainment must also be promoted.· To provide students with opportunities to develop their creativity and interest in beauty/esthetics and cultural heritage.


Upper Secondary (Grade 10, 11 and 12)

The purpose of education at this level is:· To get students to be well aware of the basic theories and practice of arts· To get students to be well aware of the real value and importance of their own traditional arts.· To get students to have creativity, imagination.· To get students to be cautious in maintaining a balanced feeling, prepare gestures and sentiments according to each form of arts.· To get students to be sensitive to esthetics and visual arts.· To educate students to love, protect and develop the national cultural art.· To develop in students good attitudes towards the national and international arts.

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