U ovom radu nastojimo prikazati probleme odgoja i obrazovanja kako ih je vidjela hrvatska filozofkinja Gordana Bosanac (Varaždin, 1936. – Zagreb, 2019.). Iako ovi problemi ne ulaze u najuži krug njenih interesa, autorica se njima intenzivno bavila tijekom cijelog života i ostavila značajan trag u promišljanju ključnih aspekata i dosega problematike koju nalazimo u okrilju filozofije odgoja. Glavna teza rada sljedeća je: misao G. Bosanac i danas je vrlo aktualna, i to najmanje u dvije vizure. Prvoj, kao kronologija različitih intervencija u sustav odgoja i obrazovanja, i drugoj, kao prikaz inovativnih promišljanja o odgoju i obrazovanju koja u središte nastojanja stavljaju čovjeka i njegove/njezine misaone mogućnosti, a ne neku društvenu ili proizvodnu svrhu ili potrebu. U tom pogledu rad zamišljamo kao prikaz, uz temeljne životopisne podatke, nekoliko misaonih sklopova G. Bosanac. Prvo ćemo tematizirati opće sadržaje problematike odgoja i obrazovanja, upućujući posebno na odnos onog individualnog i onog društvenog u odgoju i obrazovanju. Nakon toga, promislit ćemo, na tragu misli G. Bosanac, problematiku rada, s posebnim nastojanjem oko promišljanja sadržaja rada u odgoju i obrazovanju. U trećem dijelu, promislit ćemo, uz značajno oslanjanje na misao G. Bosanac, problematiku ideologije i njen negativan utjecaj na sustav odgoja i obrazovanja, te posebno, na dionike tog sustava. U konačnici, ili kao prvotan zadatak rada, nastojimo dati odgovor na pitanje, zašto su baš odgoj i obrazovanje fundamentalne društvene djelatnosti? In this paper, we will try to present the problems of education as they were seen by the Croatian philosopher Gordana Bosanac (Varaždin, 1936 – Zagreb, 2019). Although these problems do not fall within the narrowest circle of her interests, the author has been intensively engaged with them throughout her life and has left a significant impact on thinking about the key aspects and scope of the issues we find in the philosophy of education. The central thesis of the article is as follows: G. Bosanac’s thinking is still very relevant today from at least two perspectives. Firstly, as a chronology of various interventions in the education system, and secondly, as an expression of innovative thinking about education that focuses on the individual and his or her intellectual capacities rather than on any social or productive purpose or requirement. We will present some lines of thought of G. Bosanac together with the most important biographical data. First, we will discuss the general content of the subject of education, with particular reference to the relationship between the individual and the social in education. Then, following the thoughts of G. Bosanac, we will rethink the issue of labour, with a special effort to rethink the content of education as labour. In the third part, with significant consideration of the thoughts of G. Bosanac, we will deal with the question of ideology and its negative effects on the education system and especially on the actors of this system. Ultimately, or as the key task of the paper, we will try to answer the question of why education is a fundamental social activity.