EDUCATION: A MECHANISM FOR THE SUSTAINABLE CULTURAL INTEGRATION OF PERSONAL AND SOCIETAL VALUES AND IDEALS IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
EDUCATION: A MECHANISM FOR THE SUSTAINABLE CULTURAL INTEGRATION OF PERSONAL AND SOCIETAL VALUES AND IDEALS IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION

Summary/Abstract: As individuals/groups strive to achieve successful integration in the globalizing world, personal/societal values and ideals seem to be seriously destabilized, resulting in different magnitudes of conflict, the lack of cooperation, insecurity, etc. Reactions and observations uphold that successful integration, particularly in a multicultural environ-ment, includes the identification and development of personal/societal values, ideals, and interests. Consequently, relying mainly on Emile Durkheim’s perspective on educa-tion and social integration as well as Lev Vygotsky’s social development theory, the author upholds that education is capable of identifying, selecting and developing syner-gy between personal and societal values and ideals for successful integration.

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