Education
Education
Education (IPA: /ˌɛdʒʊˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/) is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. Educational methods include teaching, training, storytelling, discussion and directed research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of educators, however learners can also educate themselves. Education can take place in formal or informal settings and any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered educational.
Etymology
The word education is derived from the Latin word educatio ("a breeding, a bringing up, a rearing") from educare ("bring up"), which is related to educere ("bring out", "bring forth what is within", "bring out potential") and ducere ("to lead").
Related Terms
- Formal education: Formal education or formal learning usually takes place in the premises of the school, where a person may learn basic, academic, or trade skills. Small children often attend a nursery or kindergarten but often formal education begins in elementary school and continues with secondary school.
- Informal education: Informal education is a general term for education that can occur outside of a structured curriculum. Informal education encompasses student interests within a curriculum in a regular classroom, but is not limited to that setting.
- Special education: Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, special ed., SEN or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that addresses their individual differences and special needs.
- Vocational education: Vocational education is a form of education focused on direct and practical training for a specific trade or craft.
- Distance education: Distance education or distance learning is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school.
- Adult education: Adult education is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values.
- Continuing education: Continuing education (similar to further education in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is an all-encompassing term within a broad list of post-secondary learning activities and programs.
- Early childhood education: Early childhood education (ECE; also nursery education) is a branch of education theory that relates to the teaching of children (formally and informally) from birth up to the age of eight.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Education
- Wikipedia's article - Education
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