Week 9/10 Education

4. Yes I do think there could be a potential problem if education is tailored to fit into cultural or personal preferences.

Every culture has a different way of learning, and this is highlighted in the journal

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It is argued that different cultures can not understand E-Learning because of the English style it is written in. Therefore, their own style will have to be adapted in order for the students to pay interest to. If each individual culture is receiving a different style and perspective on an issue then everyone will have a different perspective on what happened, resulting in distorted truth being given to the students. For example, Iraqi children may have a different perspective to what is happening in the war, compared to British and American children, because of the different impact they have on each of their lives. These conflicting perspectives could distort the student’s knowledge on a subject because of the biased intent that lies behind it.

However, this idea is criticised by the work we have studied on the TVU’s in China. If all students are subjected to the same teaching, by the same lecturer on the same subject (like the television lectures held in China) then there will be no room for criticism. The students will be expected to just accept the message because it is coming from one source; everybody will believe it as the truth. The idea of having a tailored education may mean that the students will become more interested in the subject and therefore do more reading about it. They could then build up their own criticisms and opinions on it, rather than being subjected to a strict, regimented education that everybody else in society is learning.