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EDU-HC -1016

PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION
UNIT-1
Meaning and concept of Education
Md Abu Shama Ahmed
Asst. Professor

Introduction
“Education Breeds Confidence. Confidence Breeds hope. Hope Breeds peach “
Confucius
“ Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lightening of a fire “
W.B. Yeats
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”
Nelson Mandela
Education us the most important powerful instrument to shape and mould human being
in a desirable manner. Education is the root cause for any change which takes place in the
social , cultural, spiritual ,political and economic aspect of human being. It also helps him
to lead personal as well as social life successfully, adjusting with surrounding. We may say
that Education is the means which help an individual to adjust with varying environments
in order to fulfil his besic necessities and objectives of life.
Etymological Meaning of Education

Etymologically the word Education has been derive from Latin origin and
sanskrit origin

Latin origin:
•Educare -” to bring up”
•Educare –” to draw out”
•Educatum –the act of teaching or training
•E + Duco – ‘E’ – out of,’ Duco’ I lead’

Sanskrit Origin:
•Shikshah :- To disccpline
•Vidhya :- “Bid” – To known
According to the meaning of education as interprited by different educational thinkers,
we may classify the meaning of education in to to types namely –

1. Narrow meaning of education : Narrow meaning of education usually implies


imparting information, giving instruction, schooling, training, making people literate,
teaching ,preparing for livelihood etc.
Some concept of education from narrow sense

(a) Education as mental discipline


(b) Education by Accretion or storage

2. Wider meaning of education:- Broad meaning of education means the process of


development from infency to maturity. In the broader sense all experience of our life
are said to be education.
Some concept of education from wider dense
(a) Education as growth and development
(b) Education as Adjustment and self-activity
(c) Education as a lifelong process
(d) Education as continuous reconstructions of behaviour.
Forms of Education
(A) Formal Education :
Formal Education means any form of teaching learning process which has a generally
accepted and regular set of rules, Organisation and pattern.
This concept can be cleared from the following points-
{I} It is strictly controlled
{II} It is curriculum- oriented
{III} It is evaluation or examination oriented
{IV} It requires regular financing
{V} It involves professionally qualified staff

(B) Informal Education


Informal Education is natural incidental it is easily under stood by the characteristics
as given below
{I} Not Pre-planned and Pre-detrmiend
{II} Broad scope
{III} No rigid rule
{IV} Not Depend on Teacher
{V} Education outside the school etc
(C) Non formal Education:
By Nature non- formal Education is highly flexible and inexpensive system of
Education. This type of learning may arranged by an institution but is usually
organized in some way in loosely organized manner

(D) Characteristics of non formal Education


{I} Relevance
{II} Flexibility
{III} Practicability
{IV} Need – based Education
{V} Less expensive etc.

END
THANKS

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