EUROPEANIZATION IN EDUCATION AND IDEOLOGICAL MANIPULATIONS
EUROPEANIZATION IN EDUCATION AND IDEOLOGICAL MANIPULATIONS

Summary/Abstract: The article treats the relation of the European reform system with the traditional understanding of education. Europeanization of education confronted to the traditional ideal of “pure”, “difficult” and “poor” education when young people had to deal with many (unnecessary) facts or traditional encyclopedias. Politics is deeply involved in this confrontation, which is partly in favor of Europeanization, but does not show any readiness for reforms of traditional education. On the one hand, it creates development of pamphlets in reforms, and on the other hand, nihilistic reaction to innovations in education. However, the relation between politics and publicity shows the presence of two fundamental tendencies of interpretation of reforms as follows: localization of truth and the idea of constipated system. It all leads to rejection of measurement in education and requests for generalization of needs in society, especially in the labor market. For that reason, instead of intellectual discussions on political cosmetics, education in South-eastern Europe is in need for discussion on collectivism and individualism in education institutions in transitional societies, since it is the only way to approach serious transformation of institutions, as well as association with environment.

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