Students will write a 3-4 page essay (1.5 spacing) answering the essential question of the class: Has public education been a fount of enlightenment and liberty or has it been a vehicle for social...

Role of Education        2
ROLE OF EDUCATION: A FOUNT OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND LIBERTY OR A VEHICLE OF SOCIAL CONTROL OR POLITICAL STABILIZATION
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Education for Enlightenment and Liberty    3
Education for Social Control & Political Stability    4
Conclusion    5
References    6
Introduction
Education has been extensively considered an engine for the economic growth and accumulation of human capital. The present economic theory contemplate education strongly to boosting the level of social capital and human resources which is important for the national economic growth. Moreover, another important justification that can be significant in this aspect is that education not only just has an economic impact but it benefits different aspects of the civil society as indicated by the use of several education indicators. However, from the philosophical aspect education is considered to be the basic element of human personality according to the law of nature and that education helps individuals to grasp the internal secrets of nature. Education is also a relevant measure that constitutes liberty with the modest and real value of education itself.
Education for Enlightenment and Liberty
Education is considered to be an esteemed element that recognizes the context of liberty and enlightenment. Education is affected which enhances the liberty of thought and expression. Education is not just the confinement of school subjects or something that is only related to academics. It relates to the sets of instructions and aspects that help to enlighten our understanding. Noah Webster defines education as "that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding correct the temper and form the manners and habits of the youth and form them for usefulness in their future stations."
So, the necessary aspect of education is not just content in academic learning but ascertains the importance of Liberty and enlightenment. It is a tool that gives us the aspects that helps individuals to think, learn and find the truth (Ferris, 2022). Education provides freedom that makes an individual irresponsible and denies the basic truths and morals. Education gives us the liberty to see the truth and enables the source to make progress in life that ensuring the freedom of what has to be done and what should not be done. That's what Roosevelt proclaims, "Education is the cornerstone of Liberty."
It is believed that this Liberty makes conscience of enlightenment. Enlightenment gives us a belief the value of learning and to encourage a comprehensive role and the fundamental aspect of education in the society. If we just examine the main aspects of...