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The purpose of an education according to John Dewey (1944) philosophy has to do with providing the immature with learning experiences that prepare them to negotiate the sociocultural, economic and political ecologies of their communities. Education is thus an engine of societal growth committed to the immersion of the youth into the ideologies, customs, and traditions that perpetuate societal life and culture.
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Lokko, C. (2013). Taking Their Lives into Their Own Hands. In: The Stewardship of Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-368-3_5
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