But self-expression is a pretty fundamental human right, not to mention a function of education.
Among other things, we will give up the sentimental notion that one of the cardinal functions of education is to bring out the individual nature of every child.
The most pressing problem of all is this system's failure to perform the most basic function of education: teaching children to read.
But if living standards of people are to rise, that workforce has to be effectively employed, and that is a function of education, investment and technology.
In 1937, spending by the Works Progress Administration made up 31.4 percent of the municipal budget, or 54 percent if you exclude core city functions of education, police, sanitation and corrections.
In emphasizing the social function of education, he was against schools being run for profit and believed teachers should be prepared not only in their specific fields but also in psychology, so as to understand the child.
In a thoughtful study, Stephen Asma examines how natural-history museums fulfil the sometimes conflicting functions of education and entertainment, and how far their scientific purpose has been distorted by crowd-pleasing gimmicks.
Of course, the realization of social mobility is not the only function of education.
First, what are the aims and/or functions of education (aims and functions are not necessarily the same)?
Related to the issues concerning the aims and functions of education and schooling just rehearsed are those involving the specifically epistemic aims of education and attendant issues treated by social epistemologists.
