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John Dewey (2008) in Education and Democracy described education as a social process that promotes a particular social ideal. According to him, a criterion for educational criticism and construction implies therefore a particular social ideal (Dewey, 2008). The worth of a form of social life according to him is measured by the extent in which the interests of a group are shared by all its members, and the fullness and freedom with which it interacts with other groups.
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Masemula, M.B. (2015). Whose Knowledge is Transmitted through Public Education in Africa?. In: Abdi, A.A., Shultz, L., Pillay, T. (eds) Decolonizing Global Citizenship Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-277-6_14
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