Abstract:
Our current education system is deeply rooted in competition- competition for those scarce rewards called grades. It is a system that fosters individualism as opposed to community. This lays a foundation for corruption. And corruption becomes the password to upward mobility. We may have gotten to this point because there is a disconnect between the perception of reality and the real nature of reality; a disconnect between how this reality is explored-as an act of a solitary individual and not a communal act; a disconnect between the pedagogy applied which is dominated with images of individualism and competition rather than one that demonstrates community and; the ingrained fabric of ethics that leaves a question as to whether students are being educated in ways that make them responsive to the claims of community upon their lives.
This paper reviews material that discuss education as a spiritual journey alongside the proposed new curriculum in Kenya; a journey that should bring the teacher, the learner and the subject matter into a relationship so that knowing is represented for what it is: a way of creating a community. This would draw more young people into the adventure of learning, and create graduates who have a spiritual relationship with their knowledge. That way they can carry out research that would yield development that is community focused.
