Democracy and education

This presentation is help to understand the relationship between democracy and education.

1. PRESENTED BY KIRAN NAWAZ DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION

2. MEANING OF DEMOCRACY Democracy means “Power of the People”. The concept of democracy has undergone considerable changes through the ages.

3. DEFINATION OF DEMOCRACY

4. MEANING OF EDUCATION Education means “Act of Training”. The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university. Education is the delivery of knowledge, skills and information from teacher to student.

5. JOHN DEWEY SAID ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION Historically, the discussion of education and democracy was first addressed from the great educator and philosopher, JOHN DEWEY. For DEWEY, education and democracy are intimately reciprocally related. He suggested that without an education that conditions us to understand both our freedom and responsibilities towards other, democracy can neither develop nor endure.

6. RELATION BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION

7. RELATION BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION The education for democracy defined as: Training in the moral qualities necessary for the citizens of a democracy, the encouragement of clear thinking in everyday affairs and the acquisition of a knowledge of the modern world”.

8. CONTINUE In these sense, education for democracy is citizenship education, taking care of the rights and duties of a good citizen in a democratic society. Democratic values like liberty, equality, fraternity justice, dignity of individuals, co-operation, sharing of responsibility etc., are applied by education to make it more effective, meaningful, relevant and useful.

9. IN SOCIETY The importance of education is implicit in the history of democracy. Higher educated person are likely to be active citizen and participate politically, hence there is a positive relations between introduced compulsory schooling and voter turnout. Democracy allows citizen to choose the leaders who offer the best governing. It also enables them to hold the politicians accountable and punish those who are governing badly. Providing education for their children is the best way for poor parents to improve the chances of a better future for their children. Education raises the probability that supports democratic ideas.

10. IN SCHOOL Schools should be viewed not only as institutions that impart certain knowledge and skills to students, but also an environment that socialize them. Socializing students achieve their goal by current debates among educator, great businessman and politicians alike. The John Dewey Project on Progressive Education grounds its work in Dewey’s assumption that the aims of education should be oriented towards preparing young people to be full and active participants in all aspects of democratic life include: the ability to think critically, a sense of efficiency and a desire to actively participate in political life.

11. CONTINUE For overall discussion we know the definition of education as a student that: “Education is a democratic force that helps to prepare students to participate actively in all aspects of democratic life”.

12. IN CURRICULUM The development of democracy depends upon the level of knowledge and awareness that societies have reached. For educational institutions to be able to communicate this knowledge and awareness the demand of the government that represents the state are requires since curricula cannot be designed independent of this demand. We are living in dangerous time. To prepare them to preserve their heritage of freedom in this dangerous world, we must place education aimed at cultivating democratic citizenship at the heart of the school curriculum.

13. CONTINUE A subject about the basic knowledge of constitutions, federation, the great speeches of Quaid -e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Liaquat Ali Khan and other great leaders, democratic values should be made part of curriculum. This could spread awareness about the electoral process and help us in choosing the right candidates. As students study these documents, they should know their efforts so they can debate and discuss the fundamental ideas. Teachers should promote students that how democracy work and what importance of democracy in our life?

14. CONCLUSION On overall discussion, we conclude that: “Education is important for democracy because without education we don’t understand the value, principles of democracy. It is clear that democracy can function properly only if all citizens are educated.” “NO CHANGE CAN COME IF THERE IS NO EDUCATION”