This Presentation discusses the interdependent dynamic relationship between individuals and communities and how the relationship is justified on moral and practical grounds. It is based on the theories of R.S Peters and discusses the moral requirements for education, the aims of education and the relationship between the community and the individual in terms of education.

1. THE
INTERDEPENDENT
DYNAMIC
RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN
INDIVIDUALS,
COMMUNITIES AND
HOW THE
RELATIONSHIP IS
JUSTIFIED ON MORAL
AND PRACTICAL
GROUNDS
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2. GROUP MEMBERS:
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3. INTRODUCTIONRS Peters introduces the concept of education as initiation.
The concept of initiation assumes a mutually
interdependent, dynamic relationship between the
individual and community that claims to be justified on
moral and practical grounds.
Initiation is the introduction of someone to a particular skill
or activity.
Therefore a learner is initiated by another, into something
which he has to know or remember through certain
educational processes.
Education as initiation regards the processes of education
as tasks relative to achievement.

4. THE MORAL REQUIREMENTS OF
EDUCATION • Education is inseparable from judgements of value.
• One needs to commit to morally legitimate processes
when educating.
• The choice of an individual has to be present during the
processes of education.
• Education must be morally unobjectionable.
• Education has to be worthwhile.

5. THE AIMS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION
SHOULD
REFORM AN
INDIVIDUAL FOR
THE BETTER
ENCOURAGE A
SENSE OF
RESPONSIBILITY
WITHIN AN
INDIVIDUAL
ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO
HAVE RESPECT
FOR ONE
ANOTHER
AN EDUCATED
INDIVIDUAL, IS ONE
WHO HAS
ACHIEVED A
DESIRED STATE OF
MIND THAT
INVOLVES THE AIMS
OF EDUCATION.

6. THE ACHIEVEMENT
ASPECT OF
EDUCATION
• Mastering a skill does not necessarily
mean that you are educated.
• Being educated requires an
understanding of principles and the
possession of knowledge.
• The knowledge one gains or possesses
should influence his/hers perspective of
life- this is a quality of an educated man.

7. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE
INDIVIDUAL
• Community- A group sharing a common understanding and
often the same language, manners, and law
• Individuals make up a community.
• Education is a dynamic process that serves as a form of
socializing (Horsthemke, Siyakwazi, Walton and Wolhulter,
2016).
• Education is a form of learning that is transferred from one
individual to another.
• It covers the acquisition of knowledge and learning skills for
the purpose of maintaining order in the society.
• The communities norms and values are transmitted through
education (Horsthemke, Siyakwazi, Walton and Wolhulter,
2016).

8. RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE
COMMUNITY
AND THE
INDIVIDUAL
The individual and the community are
interdependent.
Communities create schools in order to
provide education to its members.
Schools function according to the needs
and cultural backgrounds of the
community.
Thus, the schools created by a community
reshapes that individual so that it fits into
the ever-changing societal environment.

9. CONVERSATION AND THE WHOLE MAN
• Education brings together groups of people and unites them as a whole.
• Members of society that have shared values, also have similar identities.
• Educational processes are not limited to the classroom.
• To be educated, an individual can not confine his knowledge and understandings to one
form of thought, however by conversating, an integrated outlook is achieved.
• Through participating in conversations, learning takes place without the intention of
teaching.
• In this manner, the individual and the community overlap (Cotter, 2013)

10. CONCLUSION
• Education does not refer to any “particular” process.
• Education is not confined within four walls.
• Education should “reform” an individual for the better.
• The individuals choice has to be present.
• To be educated, one has to broaden their minds and be
able to change their outlook of life based on the
knowledge one gains.
• Shared experiences integrate the individual within the
community, therefore the relationship between the
individual and the community are interdependent.

11. REFERENCES
• Horsthemke, K., Siyakwazi, P., Walton, E. and Wolhulter, C., 2016. Education studies. 2nd
ed. [ebook] Cape Town: Oxford University Press. Available at:
https://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/ebookviewer/ebook/bmxlYmtfXzE0NjE0NDFfX0FO0?si
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April 2021].
• Cotter, R., 2013. Peters' Concept of 'Education as initiation' : Communitarian or
individualist?. Educational philosophy and theory, 45(2), p.171.