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Basics of Education: Zahida Perveen Nursing Instructor Subject Elective Education Medicare College of Nursing

This document defines key terms related to education such as education, teacher, student, teaching, learning, curriculum, pedagogy, and andragogy. It explains that education involves developing capacities to control one's environment. A teacher guides learning and is an authority figure, while a student attends classes to master subjects. Teaching is an interactive process that facilitates learning, and learning involves acquiring knowledge and skills. Pedagogy refers to the study of teaching, while andragogy specifically refers to adult education and is based on five assumptions about adult learners.

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Basics of Education: Zahida Perveen Nursing Instructor Subject Elective Education Medicare College of Nursing

This document defines key terms related to education such as education, teacher, student, teaching, learning, curriculum, pedagogy, and andragogy. It explains that education involves developing capacities to control one's environment. A teacher guides learning and is an authority figure, while a student attends classes to master subjects. Teaching is an interactive process that facilitates learning, and learning involves acquiring knowledge and skills. Pedagogy refers to the study of teaching, while andragogy specifically refers to adult education and is based on five assumptions about adult learners.

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Basics of Education

Zahida Perveen
Nursing Instructor
Subject ; Elective Education
Medicare College of Nursing
Objectives
 At the completion of this unit, the learner will be
able to;
 Define basic terminology about education
 Differentiation between Pedagogy and Andragogy
Education
 Education is derived from Latin word
“EDUCARE” which means to “lead out”.
 The word “educere” also means “bring up”, “to
train” or “to mould”
 Creation of a sound mind in a sound body.
Aristotle
 Education is the development of all those
capacities in the individual which enable him to
control his environment and fulfill his
responsibilities. - John Dewey.
Teacher
 A Person who teaches, controls learning, dispenser
of knowledge, an ultimate authority, a director of
learning.
 Student
 A student is primarily a person enrolled in
any educational institution who attends classes in a
course to attain the appropriate level of mastery of
a subject under the guidance of an instructor
Teaching
 “Teaching is an interactive process. Interaction
means participation of both teacher and students
and both are benefited by this. This interaction
takes place for achieving desired objective”
 Teaching is a process which facilitates learning by
encouraging learners to think feel, and do.
 A process that enables the learner to learn on his
own
Learning
 Learning is a process by which behavior is
originated or changed by practice or training.
 A change in behavior,which is demonstrated by
people implementing knowledge, skills or
practices derived from education.
(Birkenholz,1999)
 Can be intentional or unintentional
Teaching and Learning
 A two way most powerful instrument of education
to bring about desired changing in student.
 One cannot succeed with the support or success of
the other
 Learner is the center of teaching
 Teaching is the cause And Learning is the effect
Curriculum
 Curriculum, derived from the Latin word currere,
which means “to run", overtime has been translated
to mean “course of study”
 “formal and informal content and process by which
learners gain knowledge and understanding, develop
skills.(Ronal C Doll 1996)
 Portfolio
 A student portfolio is a compilation of academic
work and other forms of educational evidence.
 A method for evaluation of an individual `s learning
over time
Pedagogy
 Pedagogy is an art or profession of teaching.

 Pedagogy is a systematic study about science of


teaching and learning.
Andragogy
 Malcolm Shepherd Knowles (1913-1997) was an
American educator well known for the use of the
term Andragogy as synonymous of Adult
Education.
 According to Malcolm Knowles, Andragogy is the
art and science of adult learning, thus it refers to
any form of adult learning.
Con…
 In 1980, Knowles made 5 assumption about Andragogy
 1. Self-concept • As a person matures his/her self concept moves from one of
being a dependent personality toward one of being a self directed human being
 2. Adult Learner Experience • As a person Matures he/she accumulates a
growing reservoir of experience that becomes an increasing resource for
learning.
 3. Readiness to Learn • As a person matures his/her readiness to learn
becomes oriented increasingly to the developmental task of his/her social roles.
 4. Orientation of learning • As a person matures his/her time perspective
changes from one of postponed application of knowledge to immediacy of
application, and accordingly his/her orientation towards learning shifts from
one of subject- centeredness to one of problem centeredness.
 5.Motivation to Learn • As a person matures the motivation to learn is internal
Reference
 BT Basavanthappa (2008)Nursing Education(2nd ed).Teaching
and learning process.pg(409-425) Jaypee Brothers, Medical
Publishers.
 Susan B.Bastable (2008) Nursing Educator(3rd ed).Perspective
on teaching and learning. Pg(01-20)Jones and Bartlett
publisher. Massachusetts

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