Education in Times of Uncertainty. Uncertainty in Education. A Critical Approach

The essential aspects of today’s reality are determined by the dominant variant of socioeconomic system, which is built around the concept of development (whether in terms of narrower – growth). The result of the dominance of neo-liberal vision of the economy become socio-economic inequalities, precarious conditions of employment, encompassing the uncertainty of human existence, as well as the real limitations of civil rights of particular social categories (denizens) and the devastation of the environment. In the face of these phenomena it seems reasonable to pose questions about the limits of the concept of economic development from the perspective of the social consequences, or more broadly – about the direction we are heading, or in other words – “progress” of civilization. These issues will be analyzed in the context of education, ie. at every level of the education process. Particular attention will be placed on changes in education since the late 80s of the last century.