The Critique of Schooling for Development

The critique of schooling for development
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In, “An introduction to the study of non-Western and indigenous educational traditions: A philosophical starting point,” the author observes that it is essential to learn the non-Western and native educational traditions of Africans and Asians, as such groups have contributed in the development of western culture. According to Reagan’s perspective, non-Western education traditions can provide an opportunity for the growth of an open and varied education system that helps to eliminate misinterpretations that breed a lack of understanding among diverse people. Also, Reagan observes that non-Western education would help to challenge the current dominant ethnocentrism founded on people’s culture and biases of a field with a qualitative standard. The author concludes that it is realistic and essential learning non-Western a...