MEANING AND DEFINITION OF EDUCATION
Etymological
Meaning of Education
In English the term “Education” has been
derived from two Latin words Educare (Educere) and Educatum. “Educare” means to
train or mould. It again means to bring up or to lead out or to draw out,
propulsion from inward to outward. The term “Educatum” denotes the act of
teaching. It throws light on the principles and practice of teaching. The term
Educare or Educere mainly indicates development of the latent faculties of the
child. But child does not know these possibilities. It is the educator or the
teacher who can know these and take appropriate methods to develop those
powers.
Education is the
manifestation of perfection already in man. Like fire in a piece of flint,
knowledge exists in the mind. Suggestion is the friction; which brings it out.
Swami Vivekananda
2 • By education
I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in child and man’s body, mind and
spirit. Mahatma Gandhi
The highest
education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life
in harmony with all existence. Rabindranath Tagore
Education is
something, which makes a man self-reliant and self-less. Rigveda
Education is
that whose end product is salvation. Upanishada
Education
according to Indian tradition is not merely a means of earning a living; nor it
is only a nursery of thought or a school for citizenship. It is initiation into
the life of spirit and training of human souls in the pursuit of truth and the
practice of virtue. Radhakrishnan
Education
develops in the body and soul of the pupil all the beauty and all the
perfection he is capable of. Plato
Education is the
creation of sound mind in a sound body. It develops man’s faculty specially his
mind so that he may be able to enjoy the contemplation of supreme truth,
goodness and beauty. Aristotle
Education is the
child’s development from within. Rousseau
Education is
enfoldment of what is already enfolded in the germ. It is the process through
which the child makes the internal-external. Froebel
Education is the
harmonious and progressive development of all the innate powers and faculties
of man- physical, intellectual and moral. Pestalozzi
Education is the
development of good moral character. J.F.Herbert
Education is not
a preparation for life, rather it is the living. Education is the process of
living through a continuous reconstruction of experiences. It is the
development of all those capacities in the individual which will enable him to
control his environment and fulfil his possibilities. John Dewey
Education is the
complete development of the individuality of the child so that he can make an
original contribution to human life according to the best of his capacity.
T.P.Nunn
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