Outline of education
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to education:
Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, morals, beliefs, habits, and personal development.[1]
Participants in education
[edit]- Student
- Parent (via parenting) – students' parents typically play a large role in teaching their children and overseeing their formal education, often including financing it.
- Teacher
- Catechist
- School counselor
- School psychologist
- Principal (academia)
- Rector
- Dean
- Chancellor
Education by Country
[edit]- Education in India
- MIT Vishwaprayag University, Solapur
- Western education
History of education
[edit]- History of education
- Category:History of education by country
- History of early childhood care and education
- History of academia
- History of higher education
Educational philosophies
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- Idealism
- Realism
- Theism
- Pragmatism
- Existentialism
- Critical theory
- Perennialism
- Classicism
- Essentialism
- Critical pedagogy
- Waldorf education
- Progressivism
- Unschooling
- Contemplative education
- Humanistic education
- Critical thinking
- Constructivism
- Behaviorism
- Cognitivism
- Popular education
- Montessori education
- Compulsory education
Educational theory and practice
[edit]Pedogagical and instructional approaches
[edit]- Alternative education
- Instructional design
- Learning environment
- Learning space
- Learning community
- Learning styles
- Socialization
Teaching methods
[edit]- Collaborative learning
- Context-based learning
- Design-based learning
- Direct instruction
- Evidence-based education
- Experiential education
- Experiential learning
- Homework
- Inquiry-based learning
- Kinesthetic learning
- Learning by teaching
- Online learning community
- Open learning
- Open classroom
- Outcome-based education
- Outdoor education
- Personalized learning
- Problem-based learning
- Problem-posing education
- Project-based learning
- Service-learning
- Slow education
- Single-sex education
- Student-centred learning
- Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (Bloom's Taxonomy)
Educational materials, tools and technologies
[edit]- Curriculum
- Educational technology (the use of electronic educational technology is also called e-learning)
- Instructional materials
Types of educational goals and outcomes
[edit]There are many types of potential educational aims and objectives, irrespective of the specific subject being learned. Some can cross multiple school disciplines.
Educational assessment, qualification and certification (for students)
[edit]- Educational assessment
- Types of test
- Test by purpose
- Standardized test
- Assessment by way of comparison
- Assessment by mode
- Paper-based
- Oral
- Electronic
- Performance
- Continuous observation
- Assessment by format
- Essay
- Multiple choice
- Quiz
- Portfolio
- Practical considerations
- Grading in education
- List of primary and secondary school tests
- School leaving qualification
Educational qualifications (for teachers)
[edit]Branches of education
[edit]Education by level or stage
[edit]- Early childhood education
- Primary education
- Secondary education
- Higher education
- Academy
- Adult education
Education by funding and governance
[edit]Education by subject, specialization or department
[edit]Educational scholars and researchers
[edit]Educational research
[edit]- Educational research
- List of education journals
- Disciplinary approaches to educational research. Whereas much educational research is interdisciplinary and can focus on any topic on this page, some disciplines have long roots.
In addition, research methods are drawn from many social research and psychological fields.
Educational organizations
[edit]Types of educational institutions
[edit]- School – an institution designed for the teaching of students (or "pupils") under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education (commonly compulsory), in which students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. Non-compulsory higher education follows, and is taught in institutions called a college or university.
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Specific schools
[edit]Associations
[edit]Governmental organisations and agencies
[edit]Libraries
[edit]- Library – collection, or institution that provides a collection, of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing. Among its purposes is to support the ongoing education of its members.
Types of libraries
[edit]- Academic library
- Archive
- Digital library
- National library
- Public library
- Research library
- Special library
Specific libraries
[edit]Museums
[edit]- Museum – an institution, the purpose of which is collect, preserve, interpret, and display items of artistic, cultural, or scientific significance for the education of the public.
Types of museums
[edit]- Archaeology museum
- Art museum
- Biographical museum
- Children's museum
- Design museum
- Encyclopedic museum
- Historic house museum
- History museum
- Living history museum
- Maritime museum
- Medical museum
- Memorial museum
- Mobile museum
- Natural history museum
- Open-air museum
- Science museum
- Virtual museum
- War museum
- Living museum
See also
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- Category:Lists of education lists
- Glossary of education-related terms
- Index of education articles
- Outline of second-language acquisition
- Outline of academia
References
[edit]External links
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Education at Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
- international review of curriculum and assessment framework a very useful website that provides comparative information about the education system of many countries.
- World Bank Education
- UNESCO - International Institute for Educational Planning
- UNESCO IBE Database: Information on almost every education system in the world
- The Encyclopedia of Informal Education