Education

Education in its general sense is a form of learning in which knowledge, skills, and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching, training, research, or simply through autodidacticism.[1] Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts. Contents [hide] * 1 Etymology * 2 The role of government * 3 Systems * 3.1 Curriculum * 3.2 Preschools * 3.3 Primary schools * 3.4 Secondary schools * 3.5 Autodidacticism * 3.6 Vocational * 3.7 Indigenous * 3.8 Anarchistic free schools * 3.9 Alternative * 3.10 Special * 3.11 Education through recreation * 4 Systems of higher education * 4.1 University systems * 4.2 Open * 4.3 Liberal arts colleges * 4.4 Community colleges * 5 Technology * 6 Adult * 7 Learning modalities * 8 Instruction * 9 Theory * 10 Economics * 11 History * 11.1 Modern times * 12 Philosophy * 12.1 Criticism * 12.2 Purpose of schools * 13 Psychology * 14 Sociology * 15 Developing countries * 15.1 Development goals and issues * 15.2 Education and technology in developing countries * 16 Internationalization (Globalization and Education) * 17 See also * 18 References * 19 External links * 20 Videos |
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[edit]Etymology
Etymologically, the word "education" is derived from the Latin ēducātiō (“A breeding, a bringing up, a rearing") from ēdūcō (“I educate, I train”) which is related to the homonym ēdūcō (“I lead forth, I take out; I raise up, I erect”) from ē-(“from, out of”) and dūcō (“I lead, I conduct”).[2]
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[edit]The role of government
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