Nursing Education

Binal Joshi
Definition:
• Tagore defined education as
“Enabling the mind to find out the
ultimate truth which emancipates us
from the bondage of dust”.
• Mahatma Gandhi defined“education
as mental, moral, social, physical
and intellectual development of
children”. Education is the all round
development and drawing out the
best in the child mind, body and
spirit. It is the process which begins
right from the mother’s womb.
• Aristotle viewed “education as
creation of sound mind in sound
body”.
• John Dewey defined education as”
the development of all the activities
in the individual enabling him to
control his environment.”
Nursing education

Nursing education is the professional education

for the preparation of nurses to enable them to
render professional nursing care to people of all
ages, in all phases of health and illness, in a
variety of settings.
Aims of nursing education
FACTORS
DETERMININ
G
EDUCATION
AL AIMS
• Philosophy: Philosophy of life and educational
aims are closely related. In fact, philosophy
determines the aims of education. Education is the
best means for propagation of philosophy.
Philosophy and education are the two sides of a
coin.
• Elements of human nature: These elements are
always considered for the determination of
educational aims. For example, Idealists regard
unfolding of the divine in man as the aim of
education.
• Religious factors: Religious factors exert their
influence on educational aims. In ancient India,
Buddhism emphasized the inculcation of the ideals
of that religion such as Ahimsa and Truth into the
prevailing educational system.
• Political Ideologies: Political ideologies certainly
have a say in the determination of educational
aims. The educational aims of a democratic
political system can be quite different from that of
an autocratic political set up.
• Socio-economic factors and problems: These factors and problems of a
country definitely have a say in deciding the educational aims of that
country.
• Cultural factors and problems: Socio-cultural heritage of a country have a
great influence on the aims of education. Education has to preserve and
transmit the cultural heritage and traditions from one generation to
another.
• Exploration of knowledge: Education today is science oriented and
technology based: It has to aim at exploring new information. Education
must represent these factors and be related to the realities and problems
and issues of life. Aims of education are also related to time and space.
Therefore, they can change from time to time and place to place. All the
same, there can be some common elements in the educational aims of
different places.
AIMS
THE VOCATIONAL
AIM
• The vocational aim is also known as “the utilitarian aim or the bread and butter
aim.” The above stated ideals of education are useless unless these aims enable
us to procure the primary needs of our life- food, shelter and clothing.
• Education should prepare the child to earn his livelihood and make him self-
sufficient and efficient economically and socially.
• Education therefore, must prepare the child for some future profession or
vacation or trade. The vocational aim is a narrow aim of education. Therefore,
the vocational aim is not a complete aim by itself but it must be an important
aim of education. Because –
• It makes one economically self-sufficient.
• Vocational aim gives purpose to educational activity.
• Vocational education is only hope of children with lower intelligent.
• Vocational education is essential for the bridging the gap in society.
THE KNOWLEDGE OR
INFORMATION AIM
• Knowledge is as essential for intellectual
growth as food is essential for physical
growth.
• Knowledge is a must for good
interpersonal relationship, healthy
adjustment in life, modification of
behaviour, self- awareness and for social
growth;
• it is also a source of happiness. Above all
knowledge is indispensable for all right
action and it is the source of all power.
• It is knowledge which makes a realist a
visionary successful in any profession.
Because of all these, attainment of
knowledge should be an important aim of
education
THE CULTURAL AIM
• Every individual has to become cultured and civilized through education.
• Cultural development is manifested through the development of an aesthetic senses and respect for others culture.
• The cultural aim of education has been suggested to supplement the narrow view of knowledge aim.
• The cultural aim of education is no doubt a nice aim as it produces men of culture. But it is ambiguous and has
too many meanings. It cannot serve as the major aim of education

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THE SOCIAL AND
INDIVIUUAL AIM
• Every individual is considered as a productive member of the society.
Through education the individual child should be provided with the
required assistance to become a use full member of the society,
irrespective of the socio-economic status.
• Keeping this aim in mind, educationalists have to help learners to develop
a healthy, purposeful, productive exploratory and controlling adjustment
with the environment.
• Society is the result of the inter-relations of individuals. It consists of big
and small groups and there are sub groups within each group. Education
helps the child to understand this inter-relation of individuals and the
possibilities of various groups. Peaceful existence of society is determined
by a phenomenon of balancing and counter-balancing between various
social forces.
• By creating a social order, education ensures the effective functioning of this
phenomenon and prepares students to safeguard the peaceful existence of
society. Education not only helps in the formation of social norms and their
implications but also train the learner to them.
• Effective utilization of social resources is essential for the progress of the society
and education equips the learners to harness the social resources in an Eco-
friendly as well as people friendly manner.
• By the way of education, students realize the importance of social values and
justice, fair play, healthy competition, harmony, etc. in short, education instill a
sense of obligation and loyalty the community and its needs.
• By means of social aim of education gives in the development of the society.
THE MORAL
OR
CHARACTER
BUILDING
AIM

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Character is the cream of life and, as such, it
should be the aim of education.
Vivekananda and Gandhi both emphasized
character building in education.
Character formation or moral education is
concerned with the whole conduct of man.
According to Mahatma Gandhi, the end of all
knowledge must be the building up of character.
Education assists the child to develop certain
human values, attitudes habits and Moral values
like honesty, truthfulness, justice, goodness,
purity, courage, reverence, dutifulness,
punctuality, self-confidence, discrimination,
between good and bad, observation of rules,
belief in systematic organization etc., which are
essential for building a desirable character. These
qualities contribute to the development of
mortality and sound character. Many
educationalists share the view of Mahatma
Gandhi and regard character development as the
supreme aim of education

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THE CITIZENSHIP
TRAINING AIM
The child has to be educated to become a
good citizen of his country.
A citizen has to perform multifarious civic
duties and responsibilities.
Education enables the children to grow as
productive citizens by following the social
and moral standards set by the society.
Education should motivate the child to
perform his duties and responsibilities as a
citizen, for the welfare of the society.
As a member of the society, he should have
knowledge about his duties, functions, and
obligations towards society, so that the
children can successfully discharge their
various civic duties and responsibilities.
In a democratic set up, this aim is very
important

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 • The Secondary Education
Commission in India (1951-
1952) has greatly
emphasized citizenship
training in schools.
• Such training includes the
development of certain
qualities to character such as
clear thinking, clearness in
speech and writing, art of
community living, co-
operation, toleration, sense
of patriotism and sense of
world citizenship.
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THE COMPLETE
LIVING AIM
• Education should acquaint a person with the
activities of complete living. They are bearing
and rearing of children, self-preservation,
activities related to social and political duties
and activities related to the beneficial
utilization of leisure time.

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THE HARMONIOUS
DEVELOPMENT AIM
• Harmonious Development means the harmonious cultivation of the
Physical, intellectual, aesthetic and moral aspects of human nature.
• The aim of education is to produce a well-balanced personality.
• All the powers and abilities of the child should be developed in a
harmonious manner. Mahatma Gandhi emphasized this aim of
education very much when he said "By education, we mean an all-
round drawing out of the best in child and man body, mind and
spirit."
• Ultimately the overall aim of education is to ensure
harmonious development through the achievement of the above
mentioned aims. Harmonious development will enable the child to
deal effectively with the problems and uncertainties of life.
PHYSICAL
HEALTH
AND
WELL-
BEING

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• Education prepare the child to lead a
healthy life through providing the
knowledge required for a healthy
living and helping him to develop a
positive attitude towards health.
Education should also help the child
to develop health conscience and
respect towards his or her own
health.
MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• In this fast changing world, good mental
health is a must to cope with the
changing lifestyle and societal needs.
Education should train the child by
giving adequate opportunities for
mental and emotional development.
Now-a-days, lot of research is taking
place to gather more information
regarding the role of emotional
development on education and life

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 • What we are is God’s gift to
us and what we become is
our gift to God. Child is born
with tremendous potentials
and education should help
the child to become what he
SELF- has to become by assisting to
realize his potentials and
REALIZATION then equipping him to utilize
the identified to the
AIM maximum extent possible.
Self-realization also helps the
child to realize his strengths,
weakness, opportunities, and
threats so that he can exert a
good control over his life by
strengthening the weakness.
THE
SPIRITUAL AIM

• The idealist thinkers have

opined that the spiritual
development of an
individual should be the
supreme aim of
education. Vivekananda
and Gandhi both have
attached great importance
to spiritual values
in education.
THE LEISURE AIM

• “Free and unoccupied time” of an individual is

generally known as leisure. It is that time which is
utilized for enjoyment and recreation. It is also part of
human life. It is a time when we can use it in a creative
way. During leisure we can pursue an activity for own
sake and not for earning a living, which is dull and
monotonous. During leisure we can also regain our
lost energy and enthusiasm. Leisure can make our life
dynamic and charming. Artistic, moral and aesthetic
developments can be inspired through the beneficial
use of leisure time. Children should be educated to
use their leisure time usefully and creatively.
 INTERNATIONAL
UNDERSTANDING:

Education is a universal process and it helps in creating universal

understanding.
The process we achieved in the field of education is the
result of the combined effort of people from different countries,
the scholars of all periods, the followers of all religions and
members of all the races.
Education is the common heritage of mankind and it is not an
exclusive property of any particular nation, race or community.
All educationalists, irrespective of their caste, color and creed
worked devotedly towards the development of education. The
man-made boundaries or restrictions cannot check the free flow
of information and co- operation among educationalists. As the
world has reduced to a global village due to advancements in
the information technology, the aim of international
understanding has conquered new dimensions.

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