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Outline of Education Outline of education The following outline is provided as an overview of and 3 Alternative approaches to educa- topical guide to education: tion Education – in the general sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character, or • Home schooling physical ability of an individual. In its technical sense, ed- ucation is the process by which society deliberately trans- mits its accumulated knowledge, skills, and values from 4 Educational philosophies one generation to another. Education can also be defined as the process of becoming an educated person.[1] • Traditions in education • Idealism – This tradition emerged in Greece 1 Essence of education and the famous philosophers who introduced this concept were Socrates and his pupil Plato. Education The basic concept launched was that all the things we see in this world are actually the • College copy not original. What ever we produce here becomes an idea in our mind. So whatever we • Homework work to create something is first takes shape in ideas and minds, so the true reality is Ideal- • Learning ism.They both supported an education which • Library provides the opportunity to develop mental faculties and make student think properly to • Study skills find any reality. • University • Realism – Aristotle, the pupil of Plato was the person who got the concept of Realism and ar- gued that the Idealism is not the only reality, 2 Participants in education but there are many natural things which are the part of our atmosphere and we come across those things. Whatever we observe is very im- • Student portant to work on and find the realities using • Chancellor empirical evidences. So the education that is based on experience and observable realities • Dean will guide the students to find out the reality. • Parent (via parenting) – students’ parents typically The same has relevance to the philosophy of play a large role in teaching their children and over- Positivism. seeing their formal education, often including fi- • Perennialism – This concept was introduced nancing it. by Robert Hutchins who was of a view that the education should have ever-lasting impact • Rector on the students and therefore the only ever-last • Teacher ideas should be taught. for that he supported the religious concepts to be incorporated in the • Head teacher (principal) curriculum. • Professor • Existentialism – Kierkegaard argued that all • Assistant professor the philosophers are of a view to inculcate into • Associate professor the students which is something outdoor with reference to the students. He told that realities • Adjunct professor are subjective and they are with the individu- • Teacher’s assistant als themselves. The education should work on • Tutor individuals to harness the inner realities. 1 2 5 BRANCHES OF EDUCATION • Theism – Thomas Aquinas introduced the 5.2 Education by sector church doctrine in education and emphasized that reason and faith are complimentary so the • Academia both ideas should be the base of education and • Adult education the students should go by the reasons intro- duced by the faith, church or religion. • Alternative education • Essentialism – The education philosophies • Autodidacticism were taking many turns in the twentieth cen- tury when William Bagley raised his voice to • Homeschooling attract the attention of the theoreticians telling that the education should have a core basics of • Public education the culture and heritage. The students should • Private education be given choice of study the said core sub- ject and they should go to the 1930s education where the same was used to teach. 5.3 Education by specialization or depart- • Pragmatism – John Dewey was the person who ment told that in education a democratic view is to be implemented. Students should be given a • Inclusive education chance to explore themselves and they should go by their own instinctive drives. • Madrasa education • Critical thinking – There was a team of Ger- • Woman education man theoreticians like Adorno, Horkheimer and Habermas who gave the concept of Crit- • Early childhood education ical Theory and argued that the education • Teacher education which provides the students and prepare them to analyze the things under discussion, is the • Agricultural education basic requirement of education. • Art education • Social education – In his book, Social Educa- tion, Applied Perspective, Muhammad Zahid • Business education Azeem Zahid has argued that the education which provides the opportunity to the students • Career and technical education to find their space in society and the educa- • Chemistry education tion should be in line with the societal need not only individually but holistically as well. The • Computer science education Social Education Model is to be implemented in the third world countries as there is a big • Cultural studies need to join the individual and society. An ed- • Dance education ucated person can become a good professional and can lead a good life individually, but the • Distance education need of the day is that he or she should keep his profession and the lifestyle favorable to the • Economics education society as well. • Engineering education • Environmental education 5 Branches of education • Gifted education 5.1 Education by level or stage • Health education • International studies • Early childhood education • Journalism education • Primary education • Language education • Secondary education • • Higher education Legal education • • Vocational education Management education • Tertiary education • Maritime education 3 • Mathematics education 7 Educational qualifications (for • Medical education teachers) • Military education and training • Bachelor of Education • Museum education • Master of Education • Music education • Doctor of Education • Peace education • Performing arts education 8 History of education • Philosophy education • Philosophy, Politics and Economics History of education • Physical education • History of academia • Physics education • Classical education* • Relationship education • History of education in China • Religious education • History of education in India • Science education • History of education in Japan • Sex education • History of education in the United States • Special education • • Vocational education Popular education 5.4 Academic disciplines 9 Educational organizations Main article: List of academic disciplines • Students’ union • Parent-Teacher Association 6 Educational certifications (for 9.1 Libraries students) • Library – collection, or institution that provides a • School leaving qualification collection, of sources of information and similar re- sources, made accessible to a defined community for • Diploma reference or borrowing. Among its purposes is to • Academic degree – an academic rank, title or award, support the ongoing education of its members. including: • Foundation degree 9.2 Types of libraries • Associate’s degree • Academic library • Bachelor’s degree • Master’s degree • Archive • Doctorate • Digital library • Engineer’s degree • National library • Specialist degree • Ad eundem degree • List of national libraries • Honorary degree • Public library • Lambeth degree • Carnegie library • External degree • Microdegree • Research library • Vocational degree – award in vocational education • Special library 4 9 EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 9.3 Specific libraries 9.4.2 Specific museums • List of libraries • List of aerospace museums • List of art museums 9.4 Museums • List of automobile museums • Museum – an institution, the purpose of which is • List of chocolate museums collect, preserve, interpret, and display items of • artistic, cultural, or scientific significance for the ed- List of jail and prison museums ucation of the public. • List of museums of Islamic art • List of national museums 9.4.1 Types of museums • List of natural history museums • Architectural museum • List of numismatic museums • Archaeology museum • List of philatelic museums • Art museum • List of science museums • Biographical museum • List of transport museums • Children’s museum • List of video game museums • Design museum 9.5 Schools • Encyclopedic museum • School – an institution designed for the teaching of • Ethnology or ethnographic museum students (or “pupils”) under the direction of teach- ers. Most countries have systems of formal edu- • Historic house museum cation (commonly compulsory), in which students • History museum progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country but generally include • Living history museum primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary • Maritime museum education. Non-compulsory higher education fol- lows, and is taught in institutions called a college or • Medical museum university. • Memorial museum 9.5.1 Types of schools • Mobile museum • By educational stage – • Natural history museum • Early childhood – • Open-air museum • Preschool – • Pop-up museum • Pre-kindergarten – • Kindergarten – • Science museum • Primary – • Specialized museum • Elementary school – • First school – • Virtual museum • Infant school – • War museum • Junior school – • Primary school – • Living museum • Secondary – • Zoological park • Adult high school – • Botanic garden • Comprehensive school – 9.5 Schools 5 • Grammar school – • Blab school – • Gymnasium – • Boarding school – • High school – • Day school – • Lyceum – • Folk high school – • Middle school – • Secondary school – • Free skool – • Sixth form college – • Homeschool
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