James Baldwin On The Purpose Of Education

According to the English dictionary, education is the process of acquiring general knowledge and generally preparing oneself intellectually for mature life. Psychologists inform us that the early years of the child tends to be the most important, yet we do not take advantage of the educational opportunities of early childhood.
Education to me begins at the very early stages of a child life, this journey helps experience new things as they grow mentally, socially, spiritually, emotionally and economically. It helps them socialize in a way they develop their ability to co-operate with a range of different people, and to pass on traditions and knowledge. It’s not just about learning facts; it’s about teaching how to learn in an efficient manner, to nurture and help develop our abilities both as inquires and as moral agent.
He said “the purpose of education, finally is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself…to decide for himself whether there is a God in heaven or not”. Here he is talking about teachers producing children who are capable of examining, questioning and thinking for themselves.
Likewise In “The Purpose of Education” Martin Luther King Jr., mention, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically”. These quotes goes together because teachers needs to teach children to think critically which requires them to become an active learner, to learn the difference between believing and knowing something, or distinguishing between fact and opinion. They must be able to examine and evaluate their own thinking, and the decisions that they make. It is the kind of thinking that is expected of them in collage and