As one of the changes in society at the end of the century, educational reform, which can be symbolized by such terms as deschooling or open education, is taking place in todays society.
It is being said that school is dead, or school is getting ill...
As one of the changes in society at the end of the century, educational reform, which can be symbolized by such terms as deschooling or open education, is taking place in todays society.
It is being said that school is dead, or school is getting ill. It self-indicates that the current school education is losing its reliability and accountability. The term educational pathology can be interpreted as either social pathology in education or social pathology features in education.
There are three ways to approach to educational pathology. First, a closer examination at the symptoms in school, such as school violence or class refusal. Second, discovery of indirect social conditions as a hidden factor of educational pathology. Third, knowing the problem structures of schooling itself.
Educational pathology can be separated in two aspects, functional pathology and structural pathology. Functional pathology covers following area: 1) educational malfunction caused by preference of degreeocracy, 2) educational malfunction caused by exessive elitism, 3) educational malfunction caused by learning in a body(monitorial system). On the other hand, structural pathology presents the following factors: 1) pathology of social maladjustment, 2) social disorganization, and 3) conflicts.
It is true that educational pathology has never gained appropriate attention from anywhere despite its long history. Also, it can be said that educational pathology does not get enflamed by pathological symptoms, but quite oppositely, pathological symptoms gets started as people talk more of educational pathology. It is similar to saying that, in the field of medication, the clue of improvement is not because of increasing number of patients, but because of better medical research. Dealing with educational pathology can be very periodical task. In the society surrounded by mass media, the problem can be more serious.
In the recent days, educational pathology came up as an important issue as many troubles of society in school had focused. This should not be neglected or ignored, because it is deeply interrelated with the larger society as one of its most serious problems. Educational pathology today is a problem of education, youth, and society.