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Definitions of education, the Glossary

Definitions of education aim to describe the essential features of education.^[1]

49 relations: Ability, Awareness, Axiology, Banking model of education, Belief, Critical thinking, Curriculum, Desire, Education, Enculturation, Epistemology, Essence, Etymology, Evidence, Experience, Family resemblance, Honesty, Indoctrination, Informal education, John Dewey, Justice, Kindness, Knowledge, Language game, Lawrence A. Cremin, Mental state, Metacognition, Mind, Moral character, Necessity and sufficiency, Nonformal learning, Normativity, Paradigm, Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Philosophy of education, Piggy bank, Problem solving, Psychology, Rationality, Reality, Reason, Richard Stanley Peters, Similarity (philosophy), Socialization, Society, Student, Thought, Virtue.
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Ability

Abilities are powers an agent has to perform various actions.

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Awareness

In philosophy and psychology, awareness is a perception or knowledge of something.

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Axiology

Axiology (from Greek ἀξία, axia: "value, worth"; and -λογία, -logia: "study of") is the philosophical study of value.

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Banking model of education

Banking model of education is a term coined by Paulo Freire to describe and critique the established education system in his book Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

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Belief

A belief is a subjective attitude that a proposition is true or a state of affairs is the case.

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Critical thinking is the analysis of available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments in order to form a judgement by the application of rational, skeptical, and unbiased analyses and evaluation. Definitions of education and Critical thinking are philosophy of education.

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Curriculum

In education, a curriculum (curriculums or curricula) is the totality of student experiences that occur in an educational process.

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Desire

Desires are states of mind that are expressed by terms like "wanting", "wishing", "longing" or "craving".

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Education

Education is the transmission of knowledge, skills, and character traits and manifests in various forms.

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Enculturation

Enculturation is the process by which people learn the dynamics of their surrounding culture and acquire values and norms appropriate or necessary to that culture and its worldviews.

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Epistemology

Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge.

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Essence

Essence (essentia) has various meanings and uses for different thinkers and in different contexts.

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Etymology

Etymology (The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the scientific study of words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time".) is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.

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Evidence

Evidence for a proposition is what supports the proposition.

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Experience

Experience refers to conscious events in general, more specifically to perceptions, or to the practical knowledge and familiarity that is produced by these processes.

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Family resemblance

Family resemblance (Familienähnlichkeit) is a philosophical idea made popular by Ludwig Wittgenstein, with the best known exposition given in his posthumously published book Philosophical Investigations (1953).

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Honesty

Honesty or truthfulness is a facet of moral character that connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, straightforwardness (including straightforwardness of conduct: earnestness), along with the absence of lying, cheating, theft, etc.

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Indoctrination

Indoctrination is the process of inculcating (teaching by repeated instruction) a person or people into an ideology (i.e. a doctrine).

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Informal education

Informal education is a general term for education that can occur outside of a traditional lecture or school based learning systems.

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John Dewey

John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer.

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Justice

Justice, in its broadest sense, is the concept that individuals are to be treated in a manner that is equitable and fair.

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Kindness

Kindness is a type of behavior marked by acts of generosity, consideration, rendering assistance, or concern for others, without expecting praise or reward in return.

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Knowledge

Knowledge is an awareness of facts, a familiarity with individuals and situations, or a practical skill.

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Language game

A language game (also called a cant, secret language, ludling, or argot) is a system of manipulating spoken words to render them incomprehensible to an untrained listener.

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Lawrence A. Cremin

Lawrence Arthur Cremin (October 31, 1925 – September 4, 1990) was an American educational historian and administrator.

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Mental state

A mental state, or a mental property, is a state of mind of a person.

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Metacognition is an awareness of one's thought processes and an understanding of the patterns behind them.

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Mind

The mind is what thinks, feels, perceives, imagines, remembers, and wills, encompassing the totality of mental phenomena.

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Moral character

Moral character or character (derived from) is an analysis of an individual's steady moral qualities.

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Necessity and sufficiency

In logic and mathematics, necessity and sufficiency are terms used to describe a conditional or implicational relationship between two statements.

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Nonformal learning

Non-formal learning includes various structured learning situations which do not either have the level of curriculum, syllabus, accreditation and certification associated with 'formal learning', but have more structure than that associated with 'informal learning', which typically take place naturally and spontaneously as part of other activities.

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Normativity

Normative generally means relating to an evaluative standard.

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Paradigm

In science and philosophy, a paradigm is a distinct set of concepts or thought patterns, including theories, research methods, postulates, and standards for what constitute legitimate contributions to a field.

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Paulo Freire

Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (19 September 1921 – 2 May 1997) was a Marxist Brazilian educator and philosopher who was a leading advocate of critical pedagogy.

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Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Pedagogia do Oprimido) is a book by Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, written in Portuguese between 1967 and 1968, but published first in Spanish in 1968.

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Philosophy of education

The philosophy of education is the branch of applied philosophy that investigates the nature of education as well as its aims and problems. Definitions of education and philosophy of education are education studies.

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Piggy bank

Piggy bank (sometimes penny bank or money box) is the traditional name of a coin container normally used by children.

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Problem solving

Problem solving is the process of achieving a goal by overcoming obstacles, a frequent part of most activities.

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Psychology

Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior.

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Rationality

Rationality is the quality of being guided by or based on reason.

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Reality

Reality is the sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent within the universe, as opposed to that which is only imaginary, nonexistent or nonactual.

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Reason

Reason is the capacity of applying logic consciously by drawing conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking the truth.

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Richard Stanley Peters

Richard Stanley Peters (31 October 1919 – 30 December 2011) was an English philosopher.

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Similarity (philosophy)

In philosophy, similarity or resemblance is a relation between objects that constitutes how much these objects are alike.

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In sociology, socialization (Modern English; or socialisation - see spelling differences) is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society.

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Society

A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.

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Student

A student is a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution.

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Thought

In their most common sense, the terms thought and thinking refer to cognitive processes that can happen independently of sensory stimulation.

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Virtue

A virtue (virtus) is a trait of excellence, including traits that may be moral, social, or intellectual.

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