Outline of education

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to education:

Education – in the general sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character, or physical ability of an individual. In its technical sense, education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills, and values from one generation to another. Education can also be defined as the process of becoming an educated person.

Essence of education

Education

College

Homework

Learning

Library

Study skills

University

Participants in education

Student

Chancellor

Dean

Parent (via parenting) – students' parents typically play a large role in teaching their children and overseeing their formal education, often including financing it.

Rector

Teacher

Head teacher (principal)

Professor

Assistant professor

Associate professor

Adjunct professor

Teacher's assistant

Tutor

Alternative approaches to education

Home schooling

Educational philosophies

Traditions in education

Idealism – This tradition emerged in Greece and the famous philosophers who introduced this concept were Socrates and his pupil Plato. The basic concept launched was that all the things we see in this world are actually the copy not original. What ever we produce here becomes an idea in our mind. So whatever we work to create something is first takes shape in ideas and minds, so the true reality is Idealism.They both supported an education which provides the opportunity to develop mental faculties and make student think properly to find any reality.

Realism – Aristotle, the pupil of Plato was the person who got the concept of Realism and argued that the Idealism is not the only reality, but there are many natural things which are the part of our atmosphere and we come across those things. Whatever we observe is very important to work on and find the realities using empirical evidences. So the education that is based on experience and observable realities will guide the students to find out the reality. The same has relevance to the philosophy of Positivism.

Perennialism – This concept was introduced by Robert Hutchins who was of a view that the education should have ever-lasting impact on the students and therefore the only ever-last ideas should be taught. for that he supported the religious concepts to be incorporated in the curriculum.

Existentialism – Kierkegaard argued that all the philosophers are of a view to inculcate into the students which is something outdoor with reference to the students. He told that realities are subjective and they are with the individuals themselves. The education should work on individuals to harness the inner realities.

Theism – Thomas Aquinas introduced the church doctrine in education and emphasized that reason and faith are complimentary so the both ideas should be the base of education and the students should go by the reasons introduced by the faith, church or religion.

Essentialism – The education philosophies were taking many turns in the twentieth century when William Bagley raised his voice to attract the attention of the theoreticians telling that the education should have a core basics of the culture and heritage. The students should be given choice of study the said core subject and they should go to the 1930s education where the same was used to teach.

Pragmatism – John Dewey was the person who told that in education a democratic view is to be implemented. Students should be given a chance to explore themselves and they should go by their own instinctive drives.

Critical thinking – There was a team of German theoreticians like Adorno, Horkheimer and Habermas who gave the concept of Critical Theory and argued that the education which provides the students and prepare them to analyze the things under discussion, is the basic requirement of education.

Social education – In his book, Social Education, Applied Perspective, Muhammad Zahid Azeem Zahid has argued that the education which provides the opportunity to the students to find their space in society and the education should be in line with the societal need not only individually but holistically as well. The Social Education Model is to be implemented in the third world countries as there is a big need to join the individual and society. An educated person can become a good professional and can lead a good life individually, but the need of the day is that he or she should keep his profession and the lifestyle favorable to the society as well.

Education by level or stage

Early childhood education

Higher education

Education by sector

Academia

Adult education

Alternative education

Autodidacticism

Homeschooling

Public education

Private education

Education by specialization or department

Inclusive education

Madrasa education

Woman education

Early childhood education

Teacher education

Agricultural education

Art education

Business education

Career and technical education

Chemistry education

Computer science education

Cultural studies

Dance education

Distance education

Economics education

Engineering education

Environmental education

Gifted education

Health education

International studies

Journalism education

Language education

Legal education

Management education

Maritime education

Mathematics education

Medical education

Military education and training

Museum education

Music education

Peace education

Performing arts education

Philosophy education

Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Physical education

Physics education

Relationship education

Religious education

Science education

Sex education

Special education

Vocational education

Educational certifications (for students)

School leaving qualification

Diploma

Academic degree – an academic rank, title or award, including:

Foundation degree

Associate's degree

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Doctorate

Engineer's degree

Specialist degree

Ad eundem degree

Honorary degree

Lambeth degree

External degree

Microdegree

Vocational degree – award in vocational education

Educational qualifications (for teachers)

Bachelor of Education

Master of Education

Doctor of Education

History of education

History of academia

Classical education*

History of education in China

History of education in India

History of education in Japan

History of education in the United States

Popular education

Educational organizations

Students' union

Parent-Teacher Association

Libraries

Library – collection, or institution that provides a collection, of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing. Among its purposes is to support the ongoing education of its members.

Types of libraries

Academic library

Specific libraries

List of libraries

Museums

Museum – an institution, the purpose of which is collect, preserve, interpret, and display items of artistic, cultural, or scientific significance for the education of the public.

Types of museums

Architectural museum

Archaeology museum

Art museum

Biographical museum

Children's museum

Design museum

Encyclopedic museum

Ethnology or ethnographic museum

Historic house museum

History museum

Living history museum

Maritime museum

Medical museum

Memorial museum

Mobile museum

Natural history museum

Open-air museum

Pop-up museum

Science museum

Specialized museum

Virtual museum

War museum

Living museum

Zoological park

Botanic garden

Specific museums

List of aerospace museums

List of art museums

List of automobile museums

List of chocolate museums

List of jail and prison museums

List of museums of Islamic art

List of national museums

List of natural history museums

List of numismatic museums

List of philatelic museums

List of science museums

List of transport museums

List of video game museums

Schools

School – an institution designed for the teaching of students (or "pupils") under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education (commonly compulsory), in which students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. Non-compulsory higher education follows, and is taught in institutions called a college or university.

Types of schools

By educational stage –

Early childhood –

Preschool –

Pre-kindergarten –

Kindergarten –

Primary –

Elementary school –

First school –

Infant school –

Junior school –

Primary school –

Secondary –

Adult high school –

Comprehensive school –

Grammar school –

Gymnasium –

High school –

Lyceum –

Middle school –

Secondary school –

Sixth form college –

Studio school –

University-preparatory school –

University Technical College –

Upper school –

Tertiary –

Continuing education –

Further education –

Professional school –

Vocational school –

Higher education –

Academy –

College –

Community college –

Graduate school –

Institute of technology –

Junior college –

University –

Upper division college –

Vocational university –

Seminary –

By funding / eligibility

Academy (England) –

Charter school –

Comprehensive school –

For-profit education –

Free education –

Free school (England) –

Independent school –

UK Independent school –

preparatory –

public –

Private school –

Selective school –

Separate school –

State or public school –

State-integrated school (New Zealand) –

By style of education

Adult education –

Alternative school –

Blab school –

Boarding school –

Day school –

Folk high school –

Free skool –

Homeschool –

International school –

K-12 –

Madrasa –

Magnet school –

Montessori school –

One-room schools

Parochial school –

Project-based learning –

Ranch school –

Virtual school –

Yeshiva –

By scope

College preparatory –

Compulsory education –

Democratic education –

Gifted education –

Remedial education –

Vocational education –

Historical

Ancient higher-learning institutions –

Platonic Academy –

Lyceum –

Monastic schools

Cathedral schools

Medieval universities –

Schools imposed on indigenous peoples –

in Canada –

in New Zealand –

in the United States –

in South Africa –

Informal or illegal

Hedge school (in Ireland)

Krifo scholio (in Greece)

Katakombenschule (in South Tyrol)

Specific schools

List of schools

Lists of universities and colleges

General education concepts

Anti-schooling activism

Behavior modification

Board of education

Textbook

Collaborative learning

College

Comparative education

Compulsory education

Continuing education

Curriculum

Department of Education

Developmental Education

Educational technology (the use of electronic educational technology is also called e-learning)

Educational animation

Educational philosophies

Educational psychology

Free education

Glossary of education-related terms

Grade (education)

Homework

Humanistic education

Instructional technology

Language education

Learning

Learning 2.0

Learning by teaching (LdL)

Learning community

Library

Life skills

Lifelong education

List of educators

Medical education

Online learning community

Remedial education

Single-sex education

Socialization

Study skills

Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (Bloom's Taxonomy)

University

Pedagogy

Alternative education

Democratic school

Progressive education

Context-based learning

Design-based learning

Experiential education

Experiential learning

Inquiry-based learning

Personalized learning

Problem-based learning

Problem-posing education

Project-based learning

Service-learning

Slow education

Student-centred learning

Waldorf education

Education scholars and leaders in education

John Taylor Gatto

Isabel Campoy

Economics of education

List of countries by spending on education (% of GDP)

References

Outline of education Wikipedia

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Contents

Essence of education

Participants in education

Alternative approaches to education

Educational philosophies

Education by level or stage

Education by sector

Education by specialization or department

Educational certifications (for students)

Educational qualifications (for teachers)

History of education

Educational organizations

Libraries

Types of libraries

Specific libraries

Museums

Types of museums

Specific museums

Schools

Types of schools

Specific schools

General education concepts

Pedagogy

Education scholars and leaders in education

Economics of education

References