Week 9-10 Potential problem for tailored education

Is there a potential problem being stored up for people if 'education' is tailored to fit into their cultural and personal preferences?

I don’t think that there could ever be a type of education that could be tailor made for a certain cultural preference or personal preference. If we are looking at grouping together certain districts or areas then there would be cultural differences within them, England is a cultural melting pot which makes it interesting and unique.

Even if you looked at giving every single child a different way or level of learning to suit their cultural and personal preferences, it would interfere with the development of their identity, their subcultures and preferences change over time as we develop as people and pigeon holing students could possibly stunt their intellectual and emotional growth.

If such a system occurred I can see two main problems that I can see with education being tailored to fit students personal and cultural preferences.

The first relates to the question, ‘should education stretch a person?’ If we allow students to disregard certain subjects or ways of learning, then we aren’t fully preparing them for the challenges that will occur when they finish school. They may be fantastic at digital learning, but we do not (yet?) live in a world where everything is digital and they will need some kind of practical and hands on knowledge, not only in their job, but also outside of it in their life.

The other problem that could occur is students feeling that their culture and way of learning is superior to others. If a child disregards another cultural or personal preference, it may lead them to think that that way of learning is inferior. The only way to battle ignorance and prejudices is through education and learning about other cultures and other ways of doing things. Who is to say what is the best?