Concept of education & Meaning

Concept of education & Meaning

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  Presented by: SyedHasan Raza
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  Topic: Concept of education& Meaning
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  Meaning of education The word “educate” comes from the Latin ‘educere’, meaning “to lead out”, “to bring out”.  To educate means to bring out of the child, the student, that sprit of learning and wonder, the desire to know, that thirsts for knowledge.  True education is the harmonious development of the  Physical, Mental,  Moral and  Social, the four dimensions of life.  The illiterate of 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn
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  Definition of Education Webster defines education as the process of teaching to develop the knowledge, skill, or character of the student.  Education is the process of bringing desirable change into the behavior of human beings.  It can also be defined as the process of imparting or acquiring knowledge and habits through instruction or study.  According to Pestalozzi “education is the natural, harmonious, and progressive development of man’s innate powers”  Aristotle stated that “Education is a creation of a sound mind in a sound body.
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  Types Of Education A)Formal education. B) Non-formal education. C) Informal education.
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  Formal Education  Formaleducation is basically an  Institutional activity  Uniform and subject oriented,  Full time,  Sequential,  Hierarchically structured,  Leading to certificates degrees and diplomas.
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  Characteristic of formaleducation Full time education. Technical and professional training. A variety of specialized programmes. Running from primary school through the university. Chronologically graded education system
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  Informal Education  Informaleducation is when you are not studying in a school and do not use any learning method  It is neither pre-planned nor deliberate. It may be learned at some marketplace, streets, or at home  The truly lifelong process whereby every individual acquires attitude, values, skills and knowledge from daily experience and the educative inferences and resources in his or her environment from family and neighbors, form work and play, from the market place, the library and the mass media.
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  Characteristic of informal 1. Informal education is the least controlled, that’s why this type of education can not be excluded of somebody’s life.  2. Informal education consists of accidental, unclear, quantitative information.  4. Informal education refers even to emotions, feelings, beliefs etc.  5.Informal education offers responsiveness ready response when interact with environment.  6. Informal education offers possibility to freely act in unknown situation.  7. Informal education offers freedom of self-formation
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  Non-formal education  Outsidethe established formal system whether operation Separately or  As an important feature of some broader activity that is intended to serve Identifiable learning clienteles and learning objectives
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  Characteristic of Non-formal 1. It is flexible.  2. It is life, environment and learner oriented.  3. It is diversified in content and method.  4. It is non-authoritarian.  5. It is built on learner-participation.  6. It enhances human and environmental potential
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  Extension Education  Extensionis that type of education which is stretched out to people in the rural areas far and near, beyond the limits of the educational institutions to which the formal type of education is usually confined.  “Extension” originated in England in 1866 with a system of University Extension which was taken up first by Cambridge and Oxford Universities.  1873- The term “Extension Education” was used by Cambridge University.  Extension education is education for the betterment of people and for changing their behavior i.e. knowledge, skill and attitude.