Two paradigms of learning: By Dr Shahid Siddiqui

Courtesy to "Dawn" 

THERE has always been a difference of opinion about the goals, dynamics, and assessment of education. This difference has its roots in competing philosophical positions that construct, justify and rationalise particular educational approaches.

These positions also inform, inspire, shape and defend the notions of education, pedagogy and assessm...

Education and media

By Dr Shahid Siddiqui
Courtesy to "Dawn"

Without a political project, there can be no ground on which to engage questions of power, domination, human suffering and the possibilities of human struggle.” —Henry Giroux

IN the tradition of the critical paradigm in education, Giroux, like Paulo Freire, considers education to be a political act that has an interactive relationship with society.

Educatio...