Evaluation:
Published: 09.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Definition of Education', 1.
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Education what is it? It is defined as: 1. The act or process of educating or being
educated. 2. The knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process. 3. A
program of instruction of a specified kind or level. 4. The field of study that is concerned
with the pedagogy of teaching and learning, according to the American Heritage
dictionary. Its etymology comes from the Latin word 'educatio which means to bring
up'1 But what does that tell us. It says to me that education is training not learning.
Education trains the youth into what society deems as a productive member.…

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