"Educate" redirects here. For the journal published by the Institute of Education see Educate. For the stained-glass window at Yale University see Education (Chittenden Memorial Window). Children in a kindergarten classroom in France Children at an elementary school in Xinjiang China Girls at a secondary school in Iraq A lecture theater in New York City

Education in the largest 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.

Etymologically the word education is derived from educare (Latin) "bring up" which is related to educere "bring out" "bring forth what is within" "bring out potential" and ducere "to lead".1

Teachers in educational institutions direct the education of students and might draw on many subjects including reading writing mathematics science and history. This process is sometimes called schooling when referring to the education of teaching only a certain subject usually as professors at institutions of higher learning. There is also education in fields for those who want specific vocational skills such as those required to be a pilot. In addition there is an array of education possible at the informal level such as in museums and libraries with the Internet and in life experience. Many non-traditional education options are now available and continue to evolve. One of the most substantial uses in education is the use of technology. Classrooms of the 21st century contain interactive white boards iPads iPods laptops etc. Teachers are encouraged to embed these technological devices in the curriculum in order to enhance students learning and meet the needs of various types of learners.

A right to education has been created and recognized by some jurisdictions: since 1952 Article 2 of the first Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights obliges all signatory parties to guarantee the right to education. At world level the United Nations' International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights of 1966 guarantees this right under its Article 13. Contents 1 Systems of formal education 1.1 Preschool education 1.2 Primary education 1.3 Secondary education 1.4 Higher education 1.5 Adult education 1.6 Alternative education 1.7 Indigenous education 2 Process 2.1 Curriculum 2.2 Learning modalities 2.3 Teaching 2.4 Technology 3 Educational theory 4 Economics 5 History 6 Philosophy 7 Psychology 8 Sociology 9 Education in the Developing World 9.1 Internationalization 10 See also 11 References 12 External links Systems of formal education School children line in Kerala India

Education is the process by which people learn: Instruction refers to the facilitating of learning by a tutor or teacher. Teaching refers to the actions of an instructor to impart learning to the student. Learning refers to those who are taught with a view toward preparing them with specific knowledge skills or abilities that can be applied upon completion. Preschool education Main article: Preschool education Primary education Main article: Primary education Primary school in open air. Teacher (priest) with class from the outskirts of Bucharest around 1842.

Primary (or elementary) education consists of the first 57 years of formal structured education. In general primary education consists of six or eight years of schooling starting at the age of five or six although this varies between and sometimes within countries. Globally around 89% of primary-age children are enrolled in primary education and this proportion is rising.2 Under the Education for All programs driven by UNESCO most countries have committed to achieving universal enrollment in primary education by 2015 and in many countries it is compulsory for children to receive primary education. The division between primary and secondary education is somewhat arbitrary but it generally occurs at about eleven or twelve years of age. Some education systems have separate middle schools with the transition to the final stage of secondary education taking place at around the age of fourteen. Schools that provide primary education are mostly referred to as primary schools. Primary schools in these countries are often subdivided into infant schools and junior school. Secondary education Main article: Secondary education Students in a classroom at Samdach Euv High School Cambodia

In most contemporary educational systems of the world secondary education comprises the formal education that occurs during adolescence. It is characterized by transition from the typically compulsory comprehensive primary education for minors to the optional selective tertiary "post-secondary" or "higher" education (e.g. university vocational school for adults. Depending on the system schools for this period or a part of it may be called secondary or high schools gymnasiums lyceums middle schools colleges or vocational schools. The exact meaning of any of these terms varies from one system to another. The exact boundary between primary and secondary education also varies from country to country and even within them but is generally around the seventh to the tenth year of schooling. Secondary education occurs mainly during the teenage years. In the United States Canada and Australia primary and secondary education together are sometimes referred to as K-12 education and in New Zealand Year 1-13 is used. The purpose of secondary education can be to give common knowledge to prepare for higher education or to train directly in a profession.

The emergence of secondary education in the United States did not happen until 1910 caused by the rise in big businesses and technological advances in factories (for instance the emergence of electrification) that required skilled workers. In order to meet this new job demand high schools were created and the curriculum focused on practical job skills that would better prepare students for white collar or skilled blue collar work. This proved to be beneficial for both the employer and the employee because this improvement in human capital caused employees to become more efficient which lowered costs for the employer and skilled employees received a higher wage than employees with just primary educational attainment.

In Europe the grammar school or academy existed from as early as the 16th century; public schools or fee-paying schools or charitable educational foundations have an even longer history. Higher education Main article: Higher education The University of Cambridge is an institute of higher learning. Higher education also called tertiary third stage or post secondary education is the non-compulsory educational level that follows the completion of a school providing a secondary education such as a high school secondary school. Tertiary education is normally taken to include undergraduate and postgraduate education as well as vocational education and training. Colleges and universities are the main institutions that provide tertiary education. Collectively these are sometimes known as tertiary institutions. Tertiary education generally results in the receipt of certificates diplomas or academic degrees. Higher education includes teaching research and social services activities of universities and within the realm of teaching it includes both the undergraduate level (sometimes referred to as tertiary education) and the graduate (or postgraduate) level (sometimes referred to as graduate school). Higher education generally involves work towards a degree-level or foundation degree qualification. In most developed countries a high proportion of the population (up to 50%) now enter higher education at some time in their lives. Higher education is therefore very important to national economies both as a significant industry in its own right and as a source of trained and educated personnel for the rest of the economy. Adult education Main article: Adult education Adult education has become common in many countries. It takes on many forms ranging from formal class-based learning to self-directed learning and e-learning. A number of career specific courses such as veterinary assisting medical billing and coding real estate license bookkeeping and many more are now available to students through the Internet. Alternative education Main article: Alternative education Alternative education also known as non-traditional education or educational alternative is a broad term that may be used to refer to all forms of education outside of traditional education (for all age groups and levels of education). This may include not only forms of education designed for students with special needs (ranging from teenage pregnancy to intellectual disability) but also forms of education designed for a general audience and employing alternative educational philosophies and methods. Alternatives of the latter type are often the result of education reform and are rooted in various philosophies that are commonly fundamentally different from those of traditional compulsory education. While some have strong political scholarly or philosophical orientations others are more informal associations of teachers and students dissatisfied with certain aspects of traditional education. These alternatives which include charter schools alternative schools independent schools and home-based learning vary widely but often emphasize the value of small class size close relationships between students and teachers and a sense of community. Indigenous education Main article: Indigenous education Increasingly the inclusion of indigenous models of education (methods and content) as an alternative within the scope of formal and non-formal education systems has come to represent a significant factor contributing to the success of those members of indigenous communities who choose to access these systems both as students/learners and as teachers/instructors. Process Curriculum School children in Cape Town South Africa. Main articles: Curriculum and List of academic disciplines An academic discipline is a branch of knowledge which is formally taught either at the university or via some other such method. Each discipline usually has several sub-disciplines or branches and distinguishing lines are often both arbitrary and ambiguous. Examples of broad areas of academic disciplines include the natural sciences mathematics computer science social sciences humanities and applied sciences.3 Learning modalities There has been work on learning styles over the last two decades. Dunn and Dunn4 focused on identifying relevant stimuli that may influence learning and manipulating the school environment at about the same time as Joseph Renzulli5 recommended varying teaching strategies. Howard Gardner6 identified individual talents or aptitudes in his Multiple Intelligences theories. Based on the works of Jung the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Keirsey Temperament Sorter7 focused on understanding how people's personality affects the way they interact personally and how this affects the way individuals respond to each other within the learning environment. The work of David Kolb and Anthony Gregorc's Type Delineator8 follows a similar but more simplified approach. School girls in Afganistan It is currently fashionable to divide education into different learning "modes". The learning modalities9 are probably the most common: Visual: learning based on observation and seeing what is being learned. Auditory: learning based on listening to instructions/information. Kinesthetic: learning based on hands-on work and engaging in activities. Although it is claimed that depending on their preferred learning modality different teaching techniques have different levels of effectiveness10 recent research has argued "there is no adequate evidence base to justify incorporating learning styles assessments into general educational practice."11 A consequence of this theory is that effective teaching should present a variety of teaching methods which cover all three learning modalities so that different students have equal opportunities to learn in a way that is effective for them.12 Guy Claxton has questioned the extent that learning styles such as VAK are helpful particularly as they can have a tendency to label children and therefore restrict learning.13 Teaching Teacher in a classroom in Madagascar Teachers need to understand a subject enough to convey its essence to students. While traditionally this has involved lecturing on the part of the teacher new instructional strategies put the teacher more into the role of course designer discussion facilitator and coach and the student more into the role of active learner discovering the subject of the course. In any case the goal is to establish a sound knowledge base and skill set on which students will be able to build as they are exposed to different life experiences. Good teachers can translate information good judgment experience and wisdom into relevant knowledge that a student can understand retain and pass to others. Studies from the US suggest that the quality of teachers is the single most important factor affecting student performance and that countries which score highly on international tests have multiple policies in place to ensure that the teachers they employ are as effective as possible.14 With the passing of NCLB in the United States (No Child Left Behind) teachers must be highly qualified. Technology Main article: Educational technology Technology is an increasingly influential factor in education. Computers and mobile phones are used in developed countries both to complement established education practices and develop new ways of learning such as online education (a type of distance education). This gives students the opportunity to choose what they are interested in learning. The proliferation of computers also means the increase of programming and blogging. Technology offers powerful learning tools that demand new skills and understandings of students including Multimedia and provides new ways to engage students such as Virtual learning environments. One such tool are virtual manipulatives which are an "interactive Web-based visual representation of a dynamic object that presents opportunities for constructing mathematical knowledge" (Moyer Bolyard & Spikell 2002). In short virtual manipulatives are dynamic visual/pictorial replicas of physical mathematical manipulatives which have long been used to demonstrate and teach various mathematical concepts. Virtual manipulatives can be easily accessed on the Internet as stand-alone applets allowing for easy access and use in a variety of educational settings. Emerging research into the effectiveness of virtual manipulatives as a teaching tool have yielded promising results suggesting comparable and in many cases superior overall concept-teaching effectiveness compared to standard teaching methods.citation needed Technology is being used more not only in administrative duties in education but also in the instruction of students. The use of technologies such as PowerPoint and interactive whiteboard is capturing the attention of students in the classroom. Technology is also being used in the assessment of students. One example is the Audience Response System (ARS) which allows immediate feedback tests and classroom discussions.15 Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are a diverse set of tools and resources used to communicate create disseminate store and manage information.16 These technologies include computers the Internet broadcasting technologies (radio and television) and telephony. There is increasing interest in how computers and the Internet can improve education at all levels in both formal and non-formal settings.17 Older ICT technologies such as radio and television have for over forty years been used for open and distance learning although print remains the cheapest most accessible and therefore most dominant delivery mechanism in both developed and developing countries.18 In addition to classroom application and growth of e-learning opportunities for knowledge attainment educators involved in student affairs programming have recognized the increasing importance of computer usage with data generation for and about students. Motivation and retention counselors along with faculty and administrators can impact the potential academic success of students by provision of technology based experiences in the University setting.19 The use of computers and the Internet is in its infancy in developing countries if these are used at all due to limited infrastructure and the attendant high costs of access. Usually various technologies are used in combination rather than as the sole delivery mechanism. For example the Kothmale Community Radio Internet uses both radio broadcasts and computer and Internet technologies to facilitate the sharing of information and provide educational opportunities in a rural community in Sri Lanka.20 The Open University of the United Kingdom (UKOU) established in 1969 as the first educational institution in the world wholly dedicated to open and distance learning still relies heavily on print-based materials supplemented by radio television and in recent years online programming.21 Similarly the Indira Gandhi National Open University in India combines the use of print recorded audio and video broadcast radio and television and audio conferencing technologies.22 The term "computer-assisted learning" (CAL) has been increasingly used to describe the use of technology in teaching. Educational theory Main article: Education theory Education theory is the theory of the purpose application and interpretation of education and learning. Its history begins with classical Greek educationalists and sophists and includes since the 18th century pedagogy and andragogy. In the 20th century "theory" has become an umbrella term for a variety of scholarly approaches to teaching assessment and education law most of which are informed by various academic fields which can be seen in the below sections. Economics Main article: Economics of education Students on their way to school Hakha Chin State Myanmar It has been argued that high rates of education are essential for countries to be able to achieve high levels of economic growth.23 Empirical analyses tend to support the theoretical prediction that poor countries should grow faster than rich countries because they can adopt cutting edge technologies already tried and tested by rich countries. However technology transfer requires knowledgeable managers and engineers who are able to operate new machines or production practices borrowed from the leader in order to close the gap through imitation. Therefore a country's ability to learn from the leader is a function of its stock of "human capital".24 Recent study of the determinants of aggregate economic growth have stressed the importance of fundamental economic institutions25 and the role of cognitive skills.26 At the individual level there is a large literature generally related back to the work of Jacob Mincer27 on how earnings are related to the schooling and other human capital of the individual. This work has motivated a large number of studies but is also controversial. The chief controversies revolve around how to interpret the impact of schooling.28 Economists Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis famously argued in 1976 that there was a fundamental conflict in American schooling between the egalitarian goal of democratic participation and the inequalities implied by the continued profitability of capitalist production on the other.29 History This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2010) Main article: History of education A depiction of the University of Bologna Italy The history of education according to Dieter Lenzen president of the Freie Universitt Berlin 1994 "began either millions of years ago or at the end of 1770". Education as a science cannot be separated from the educational traditions that existed before. Adults trained the young of their society in the knowledge and skills they would need to master and eventually pass on. The evolution of culture and human beings as a species depended on this practice of transmitting knowledge. In pre-literate societies this was achieved orally and through imitation. Story-telling continued from one generation to the next. Oral language developed into written symbols and letters. The depth and breadth of knowledge that could be preserved and passed soon increased exponentially. When cultures began to extend their knowledge beyond the basic skills of communicating trading gathering food religious practices etc. formal education and schooling eventually followed. Schooling in this sense was already in place in Egypt between 3000 and 500BC.The history of education is the history of man as since its the main occupation of man to pass knowledge skills and attitude from one generation to the other so is education. Nowadays some kind of education is compulsory to all people in most countries. Due to population growth and the proliferation of compulsory education UNESCO has calculated that in the next 30 years more people will receive formal education than in all of human history thus far.30 Philosophy Main article: Philosophy of education John Locke's work Some Thoughts Concerning Education was written in 1693 and still reflects traditional education priorities in the Western world. As an academic field philosophy of education is a "the philosophical study of education and its problems...its central subject matter is education and its methods are those of philosophy".31 "The philosophy of education may be either the philosophy of the process of education or the philosophy of the discipline of education. That is it may be part of the discipline in the sense of being concerned with the aims forms methods or results of the process of educating or being educated; or it may be metadisciplinary in the sense of being concerned with the concepts aims and methods of the discipline."32 As such it is both part of the field of education and a field of applied philosophy drawing from fields of metaphysics epistemology axiology and the philosophical approaches (speculative prescriptive and/or analytic) to address questions in and about pedagogy education policy and curriculum as well as the process of learning to name a few.33 For example it might study what constitutes upbringing and education the values and norms revealed through upbringing and educational practices the limits and legitimization of education as an academic discipline and the relation between educational theory and practice. Psychology Main article: Educational psychology A class size experiment in the United States found that attending small classes for 3 or more years in the early grades increased high school graduation rates of students from low income families.34 Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings the effectiveness of educational interventions the psychology of teaching and the social psychology of schools as organizations. Although the terms "educational psychology" and "school psychology" are often used interchangeably researchers and theorists are likely to be identified as educational psychologists whereas practitioners in schools or school-related settings are identified as school psychologists. Educational psychology is concerned with the processes of educational attainment in the general population and in sub-populations such as gifted children and those with specific disabilities. Educational psychology can in part be understood through its relationship with other disciplines. It is informed primarily by psychology bearing a relationship to that discipline analogous to the relationship between medicine and biology. Educational psychology in turn informs a wide range of specialities within educational studies including instructional design educational technology curriculum development organizational learning special education and classroom management. Educational psychology both draws from and contributes to cognitive science and the learning sciences. In universities departments of educational psychology are usually housed within faculties of education possibly accounting for the lack of representation of educational psychology content in introductory psychology textbooks (Lucas Blazek & Raley 2006). Sociology Main article: Sociology of education School children in Laos. The sociology of education is the study of how social institutions and forces affect educational processes and outcomes and vice versa. By many education is understood to be a means of overcoming handicaps achieving greater equality and acquiring wealth and status for all (Sargent 1994). Learners may be motivated by aspirations for progress and betterment. Education is perceived as a place where children can develop according to their unique needs and potentialities.35 The purpose of education can be to develop every individual to their full potential. The understanding of the goals and means of educational socialization processes differs according to the sociological paradigm used. Education in the Developing World World map indicating Education Index (according to 2007/2008 Human Development Report) Universal primary education is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals and great improvements have been achieved in the past decade yet a great deal remains to be done.36 Researchers at the Overseas Development Institute indicate the main obstacles to greater funding from donors include: donor priorities aid architecture and the lack of evidence and advocacy.36 Additionally Transparency International has identified corruption in the education sector as a major stumbling block to achieving Universal primary education in Africa.37 Furthermore demand in the developing world for improved educational access is not as high as one would expect as governments avoid the recurrent costs involved and there is economic pressure on those parents who prefer their children making money in the short term over any long-term benefits of education. Recent studies on child labor and poverty have suggested that when poor families reach a certain economic threshold where families are able to provide for their basic needs parents return their children to school. This has been found to be true once the threshold has been breached even if the potential economic value of the children's work has increased since their return to school. But without capacity there is no development. A study conducted by the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning indicates that stronger capacities in educational planning and management may have an important spill-over effect on the system as a whole.38 Sustainable capacity development requires complex interventions at the institutional organizational and individual levels that could be based on some foundational principles: national leadership and ownership should be the touchstone of any intervention; strategies must be context relevant and context specific; they should embrace an integrated set of complementary interventions though implementation may need to proceed in steps; partners should commit to a long-term investment in capacity development while working towards some short-term achievements; outside intervention should be conditional on an impact assessment of national capacities at various levels. Russia has more academic graduates than any other country in Europe. when A lack of good universities and a low acceptance rate for good universities is evident in countries with a high population density. In some countries there are uniform over structured inflexible centralized programs from a central agency that regulates all aspects of education. Due to globalization increased pressure on students in curricular activities Removal of a certain percentage of students for improvisation of academics (usually practised in schools after 10th grade) India is now developing technologies that will skip land based phone and internet lines. Instead India launched EDUSAT an education satellite that can reach more of the country at a greatly reduced cost. There is also an initiative started by the OLPC foundation a group out of MIT Media Lab and supported by several major corporations to develop a $100 laptop to deliver educational software. The laptops are widely available as of 2008. The laptops are sold at cost or given away based on donations. These will enable developing countries to give their children a digital education and help close the digital divide across the world. In Africa NEPAD has launched an "e-school program" to provide all 600000 primary and high schools with computer equipment learning materials and internet access within 10 years. Private groups like The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are working to give more individuals opportunities to receive education in developing countries through such programs as the Perpetual Education Fund. An International Development Agency project called nabuur.com started with the support of former American President Bill Clinton uses the Internet to allow co-operation by individuals on issues of social development. In Brazil education is improving (slowly). With the Education Minister Fernando Haddad certain situations have changed as the implementation of the New Enem PROUNI Fies ENADE SISU among other government programs important to the growth of education.39 Internationalization Education is becoming increasingly international. Not only are the materials becoming more influenced by the rich international environment but exchanges among students at all levels are also playing an increasingly important role. In Europe for example the Socrates-Erasmus Program40 stimulates exchanges across European universities. Also the Soros Foundation 41 provides many opportunities for students from central Asia and eastern Europe. Programs such as the International Baccalaureate have contributed to the internationalisation of education. 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