Can Education System be Repaired? Ideological Dearth in Kenya’s Educational Practice and its Implications for Reforms in the Education Sector
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2013-05
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Journal of Educational and Social Research
Abstract
This paper confronts two issues; reforms (repairs) and ideology in education. Machines can be repaired any time
they breakdown or develop defects. Educational reforms have been carried out any time an emerging need has to
be confronted. Can these education reforms be seen as repairing an education system? Ideology on the other is a
coherent system of ideas; relying upon a few basic assumptions about reality that may or may not have any
factual basis, but are subjective choices that serve as the seed around which further thought grows. When
traditional societies began to undergo changes, the ritualistic legitimization of education gave way to a new type
of legitimization - the ideological legitimization of education. The latter has two attributes: one involves the
appearance of people’s recognition of their right to choose the type of education that suits their tastes, values,
aims and understanding. In view of this new realization, they no longer feel obliged to the accepted education
only because it is the accepted type. The second attribute requires the simultaneous existence of several
conceptions of education, from which one may choose the type of education suitable to one's needs. This paper
searches into the possibility that there are no longer ideologies necessary to guide educational practice in Kenya,
thereby raising concerns over education relevance.
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Education, Ideology, Reforms
Citation
Amukowa, W., Ayuya, C. & Gunga, S. (2013). “Can Education System be Repaired? Ideological Dearth in Kenya’s Educational Practice and its Implications for Reforms in the Education Sector.” Journal of Educational and Social Research. . Vol. 3 (2) May 2013. ISSN 2239-978X. University of Rome, Italy