Culture and education are complex phenomena and their causal relationship is of a “chicken or the egg” character. There is of course a great debate over what constitutes both “education” and “culture”, let alone their relationship with one another. ... That inconsistency is a virtue, because it points to the extraordinary range of historical phenomena that may be included in discussions of education and culture. One way or another social transformations are powerfully affected by cultural developments, some of which may be clearly thought about in terms of the impacts of deliberate and incidental educational activity. In the process individuals, communities of various kinds, the state and collectivities and communities beyond the state are constructed.
When we examine human history in these terms, another theme emerges: the ways that interactions between cultural groups and ideas, and educational practices and institutions become crucial factors in understanding and explaining social change. This process, be it focused on individuals or society more broadly, often has profound effects. Some may be beneficial, but rarely are they less than complex. Sometimes they may be threatening. ...Whether intentional or not, the history of humanity is one of interactions. Significant issues for this process are surely those of culture and education. Sometimes the discussion occurs in terms of “civilisations”. Any understanding of the historical emergence and trajectories of civilisations is barely possible without strong attention being given to “interaction”. Some of the forms in which this occurs include political competition, attempts to redefine cultural, even geographical borders, and boundaries. There may be remarkable periods of stability for cultural and educational formations and the role they play in the making of particular ethno-national-religious communities – but then there is seemingly inevitable challenge, reform, sometimes regression – always change. (source: Taylor & Francis Online)
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