Education in Emerging Global Society

Education is a powerful tool sewing the purpose of equipping the individual with what is necessary to be a productive member of society. This book analyses the trends, developments and problems education currently deals with, and examines the future of education within these contexts. It elaborates on the parts voluntary agencies, international organisations and governments have played, and seek to play still, in the spread of education. The book has been written to analyse the scope and purpose of education in an evolving global environment, where human needs are being constantly redefined. As a result of shrinking distances and faster access to different places, education is becoming increasingly international and as a consequence its challenges and goals are also becoming global in nature. The current challenges posed to education include incorporation of technology, how to determine what knowledge should be taught which knowledge is relevant, and changes in modes of learning as well as teaching.