Analysis on the Problems in Education-A Case Study on the Film an Education

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200826.124How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Education, imbalance in education, utilitarianism, ambiguity of purpose, social orientation

Abstract

An education is a British film directed by the famous Danish female director, screenwriter and producer, Lone Scherfig. The background of the story is set in the 1960s in London, England. Through the analysis on the plot of this film and combining with the heroine’s own personal background and experience, the inconsistency in education ideal and education practice is discussed in this paper. Besides, the imbalance in the purpose of education as the excessive emphasis on utilitarian aspect of education and lack of value-orientation guidance for students, as well as its possible outcomes and the impacts are analyzed. This paper calls for the society and the masses to utilize critical thinking and subversive innovative angle of view to re-examine the current education system, reshape and clarify the significance of education. Moreover, the utilitarianism of education in the existing education system should be re-considered, and people should select appropriate corresponding education materials and content. In addition, eliminating the fuzziness on the purpose of education in hearts of the society, teachers and students should be attached importance to. Only in this way the educational goal of “developing the abilities as well as cultivating the person itself” can be eventually achieved.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Chuning Xu
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/28
TI  - Analysis on the Problems in Education-A Case Study on the Film an Education
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 4th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 617
EP  - 622
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200826.124
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200826.124
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