Vol 10, No 2, 2011 pp. 167-171
UDC 37.03

SOCIAL DIMENSION OF THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION
Rozalina Popova-Koskarova
University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Faculty of Pedagogy St. Klement Ohridski, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
E-mail: rozalinapopova@yahoo.com

This paper presents the most typical aspects of the purpose of education, seen through a social context. One of the most complex questions in pedagogical sciences is the aim of education. Its importance lies in the idea that each society has regarding the kind of person it wants to create, in terms of features, abilities, beliefs etc. The complexity gives rise to numerous determinants which determine the educational purpose: society and the relations within it, the system of values, the development of educational sciences, especially pedagogy, philosophical, ideological and political understanding, globalization, the tradition of a society, as well as the needs, desires, and interests of the person himself.
Key words: educational aim, society, causality of educational aim, determinants, concretization.

DRUŠTVENA DIMENZIJA CILJEVA OBRAZOVANJA
Ovaj rad predstavlja najtipičnije aspekte ciljeva obrazovanja, koji su sagledani kroz kontekst društva. Jedno od najkompleksnijih pitanja u pedagoškim naukama su ciljevi obrazovanja. Njegov značaj nalazi se u ideji da se svako društvo, u skladu sa tim kakvu osobu bi htelo da stvori, razlikuje u pogledu odlika, sposobnosti, verovanja. Kompleksnost donosi mnogobrojne determinante koje određuju ciljeve obrazovanja: društvo i odnose u okviru društva, sistem vrednosti, razvoj obrazovnih nauka, naročito pedagogije, filozofsko, ideološko i političko razumevanje globalizacije, društvenu tradiciju, kao i potrebe, želje i interese same osobe.
Ključne reči: ciljevi obrazovanja, društvo, uzroci obrazovnih ciljeva, determinante, konkretizacija