ABSTRACT
The social arrangements that are made to nurture intellectual activities in modern societies are rarely explored in order to establish their relationship to education and the public sphere. Modern educational systems are one type of cultural institution that have supported the intellectual voices of people through constant discussions and other forms of expression. The catastrophic transition of imposing a mindless bureaucratic system has subverted whatever democratic ideas were left in the education system as an autonomous space for learning, thinking and raising critical voice. The major function of modern educational system is to provide an institutional framework for young learners to take part in debates and deliberations with open minds. Studies in the public sphere reveal that concept formation, and contours and explanatory devices, are constantly being mediated, at multiple levels. As a critical space, mediation interrogates power relations and institutional contradictions to reconstruct social relationships.
