Challenge: Imperative of Self-Interest • Self-interest as the primary motivator for human action and decision-making – Exacerbated by a materialistic culture, and the enlarging of personal consumption habits required to drive the economy forward. – The tendency to assess development opportunities purely on the basis of personal gain.
Misguided Perspectives on Education • Education is a generic process that does not require customization to the unique requirements of our societies. • Education primarily serves economic interests and economic development
A Core Pattern Inside Creation… • The sequence of Creation in the Book of Genesis: – First the World… – Then the Garden… – Then placed man in the Garden… – Then finally the command to function is given
Theme: “Building Capacity” • There can be no discussion about “capacity building” outside of first answering the questions: – What is the capacity being built for? – What is the environment in which that capacity has to be built?
Vision & Context… • The first question speaks to the Power of Defined Vision and the second to the Power of Carefully Crafted Context. • Both elements are required to be clarified from the very outset in order to sustain a values-based education system.
