The Idea Of Learning Knowledge And Value From Education

The idea of learning knowledge and value from education had been an important part of our modern society since our Greek ancestors began inquiring. Value is anything that we desire, that we people may benefit from it (Simmons, 1977). People from different part of the world value things differently because of cultural differences. Even though the value of education is important to most people, there are certain values of education that different societies value the most. For instance, some may think of the subject math is important because we use math to calculate things in our everyday lives, while some may think that the subject English is important because we use it to communicate to each other. Educational values between two entirely†¦show more content†¦While both the authoritative values from the Chinese and the lenient values from the Americans are important, both societies value education at the extreme side of the spectrum, and it needs a balance between both to crea te the best education for the future generations. What is educational value? Values are anything that we believe in, whether it could be social, moral, ethical, or even political, are the beliefs that creates our ambition to act for it. The term â€Å"educational value† can be very broad in general, since some societies from a developing country might value it as the most precious thing on earth, and they might think of education is their only way to become successful. The UK Education Reform Act of 1998 stated that education should â€Å"promote the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society†. Meanwhile for the Scottish, the Scottish Consultative Council listed five principles for values of education, from appreciation, to responsibility (Powney at al., 1995). This shows the example of cultures having a different view of educational value, in this case of comparison, the United Kingdom focuses more on development, and while the Scottish focuses on respect. With the respect of cultural differences of the meaning of â€Å"educational value†, there are certain things that teachers and students value more of. In the two surveys made by Powney and others,