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EDF 111: Introduction to Education Notes

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KIBABII UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS
EDF 111: INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION
Definition of Education
The concept “Education” is not easy to define because;
(i) It does not refer to a single concept or attribute
(ii) It is multi-dimensional and relational
(iii) It cannot be understood in isolation.
The term Education is derived from a Latin word “educatio” which means rearing. Education therefore is rearing or nurturing. This term was used for both plants and animals, so that a gardener would be referred to as a plant educator.
Different professions would define Education differently e.g.
(a) Sociologists: education is socialization, a process by which accumulated cultural knowledge and values are transmitted from one generation to the next.
(b) Psychologists: education is permanent change in behavior, attitudes etc.
To define Education therefore, certain basic and important criteria have to be fulfilled:
(i) Education should involve acquisition of knowledge (cognitive) - when one is educated one must know something.
(ii) Education should enable one to do something- nurture creativity in the individual.
(iii) Education should lead to positive change in attitudes
(iv) Education as permanent change in behavior.
(v) Education should be lifelong- not limited to time and space (spatial-temporal)
(vi) Education as a social activity should use socially sanctioned methods. Education is basically communication.
(vii) Education should be valuable-or should be the acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitude, etc. that are valuable and worthwhile (to society and individual).
According to Akinpelu J.A. (An introduction to philosophy of Education) Education can be defined at two levels:
(a) Descriptive definition- sees Education as what takes place in formal institution i.e. learning. E.g. I was educated at Moi, Kibabii University or received ones education at Kamusinga High school. Education here is identified or equated to schooling. To one who has not been to school this statement is meaningless because one does not know what took place in school.
Weakness of this definition
- Do all activities in school constitute education?
- Does one only get educated in school?
- Education is more than schooling as it takes place in other settings, e.g. family, peer group, religion, mass media (TV, video, internet, print media, radio etc.)
- A descriptive definition of education does not show what education is!
(b) Normative or prescriptive definition-tries to bring out the meaning of education, how do we recognize that an activity is education, what are the criteria of education and/or being educated.
- The concept of education refers to many activities and processes....
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