i. Broad base definition: Education in the broad sense is any
act or experience that has a formative effect on: The Mind; Character; and Physical
ability of an individual.
In the broad
sense, when education takes place, it must affect: how you think, your behaviour
or moral values and physical ability to work. From this perspective, education
shapes our cognitive ability, mindset, character and potentials.
ii. Education from the Technical point
of view: is the process by which society intentionally passes on its
accumulated: Knowledge; Skills; and
Values from one generation to another.
With the
technical meaning, education takes place when there is conscious effort by
society to transfer knowledge, information, skills and values of society to
learners.
From both the broad and technical definitions,
education is the process whereby there is transfer of knowledge which affects
how we think, our personal skills, physical abilities and value systems. Education
is meant to enhance our total being; help us develop our talents; do things in
a better way by applying the knowledge and skills acquired; to achieve our
potentials and career goals; and to fit well into society.
According to one scholar; William Feather,
“Education is being able to differentiate between, what you do know and what
you do not know. It is knowing where to
go to, find out what you need to know; and it is knowing how to use the
information once you get it.”
From his point of view, when learning, you must be
able to identify what you do know, and what you do not know. Know where to get
information about what you do not know, find the information, learn to
understand and apply the knowledge, once you get it. Therefore an ignorant
person is not somebody who did not know, but a person who does not know, but
refuses to seek and apply knowledge.
We
also looked at Categories
of Learning
·
Learning as increase in what you know or an amount of
knowledge you acquire. It is acquiring a lot of information or ‘knowing a lot
of things’.
·
Learning as memorizing. Learning as storing of
information that can be reproduced. Memorizing; storing information in your
memory and be able to retrieve it.
·
Learning as acquiring facts, skill, and methods of
doing things. Facts are things which actually happened or are the truth.
·
Learning as making sense or abstracting meaning; this
involves relating parts of a subject matter to each other and to the real
world.
·
Learning as understanding and interpreting reality in
different ways. This involves understanding the world by reinterpreting or
explaining knowledge (Ramsden 1992).
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Education, Career and Personal Development: This
centres on how to pursue education, career,
potentials; talent and personality
development goals to achieve once purpose in life.
The
discussion was concluded with a quote from a book by the Host (Katamani M.A, 2017): “Education Key to Achieving Your Potential And Career Goals”:
“Everybody has the ability
to do something great and affect his/her generation positively. Yet, without
education, knowledge, information, wisdom and understanding, you will pass
through the world, with almost all your potentials cork up in you, without much
positive effect on your generation.”
Have a date
with me on the next program, 25th June, 2017, 8pm. Thank you Shalom, God bless you. KAMBEL: #WeAnchorYourVisionAndMission.
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