Critical Consideration on Aims of Contemporary Education

Modern society can be seen as an era in which discourse on the aim of education, which can be said to be the most essential part of education, is more strongly demanded than ever. However, compared to the importance of this aim of education, it is true that it is overlooked in most schools. This paper purpose to criticize the aim of education in modern times and to reveal the need for an educational aim that is appropriate for the times. To this end, it criticizes standardized education. During the birth of public education, standardized education was inevitable due to the circumstances of the times, but it should not continue to this day. Today's rapidly changing times demand individualized education, not standardized education. In order to correct such distorted educational aims, an academic discussion on the aim of education is necessary. Happiness should be the actual aim of education, and for this to happen, the following three changes should be accompanied. First, a change in the perception of the aim of education is necessary at home. Second, a positive attachment between parents and children should be continuously formed. Third, teachers' job satisfaction should be improved.