A Study of the Concept of Paideia and Its Accomplishments for Education in Globalization Age

The aim of this research is to extract and introduce the accomplishments of paideia for education in the era of globalization. Three questions have been formulated to study the problem: A) What are the characteristics of paideia in Greek philosophy? B) What are the challenges of education in the age of globalization? C) What are the outcomes of return to paideia for education in the age of globalization? Conceptual analysis and conceptual interpretation were used in this study. The findings of the research show that among different approaches to the paideia in the Greek philosophy, Socratic/Platonic paideia can have significant advantages for education in the age of globalization. Globalization has created some challenges for education, including marketization of knowledge, rendering knowledge value-free, extremism in professionalism and specialization, moving towards uniformity and standardization of various factors of education. Returning back to paideia can offer a suitable solution to every challenge of globalization in the field of education. Some of these solutions are: pivotal role for values, turning to true knowledge, emphasis on free education, attention to public education, focusing on different forms of knowledge, emphasis on multidisciplinary curriculum, and heeding cultural diversity and understanding of different civilizations.