Philosophy of Education as a Means to Educate Humanity in a Diverse Sou

Philosophy of Education as a Means to Educate Humanity in a Diverse South AfricaABSTRACT In pre-democratic South Africa, people never learned to listen to the stories of their fellow human beings because that was seen as a bane rather than a challenge. With the long-awaited political and constitutional changes taking place, a different societal structure is being established and a new democratic appraise system formally and officially being embraced. It would, however, be naive to imagine that policy changes would transform deeply-rooted attitudes, practices and existing structures overnight. The change into a democratic society does non mean, unfortunately, that a political, social and educational utopia is being created instantly. All learners will have to develop the skills, knowledge competence and attitudes to function effectively in a culturally diverse society. It will require a major paradigm shift from most educators, philosophers of education, and teacher trainers, as we ll as parents. I will compete for a pluralistic, problem-centered approach to teacher education and training that would be helpful in educating students to respect others and diversity. 1 INTRODUCTIONIn 1948 the field Party win the election in South Africa and introduced its policy of apartheid. Education became a political battle field, without considering educating human beings for a human society. A narrative of power was followed. The naturalize was used as an instrument to support and legitimise the position of the dominant group and its political interests. The culturally divided population was kept divided to see the dominant groups position in all spheres of society. Conformity to and continuity of the ideologies and culture of ... ...nnecticut Bergin and Garvey. SQUELCH, J. (1993) Towards a Multicultural Approach to Education in South Africa. In The lightlessness Child in Crisis - a Socio-educational Perspective edited by J. le Roux. Pretoria JL van Schaik. TAYLOR, C . (1985) Philosophy and the Human Sciences. Cambridge Cambridge University Press.VAN DER VYVER, J. (1998) The Democratisation of Assessment in a Pluralistic, Problem-centred Module in Philosophy of Education at Post-graduate Level. South African Journal for Higher Education, 12(2)183-197.VENTER,E. FRANZSEN, K. AND VAN HEERDEN, E. (in press) An Analysis of the Effect of Recent National Policy Changes on Values and Education in South Africa. In Education, Culture and Values - Volume 1. Systems of Education, Theories, Policies and Implicit Values edited by Mal Leicester, Celia Modgil and Sohan Modgil. capital of the United Kingdom Falmer Press.