This document discusses education as an academic discipline. It defines a discipline as a branch of knowledge taught and researched at the university level, with its own language, theories, and practices. Education meets the criteria to be considered a discipline because it has well-defined functions and subject matter, emerged as a field of study in universities, and has subdisciplines like educational philosophy and psychology. The document also traces the historical development of education as a discipline in places like the US, UK, India, and outlines its major focal areas like teacher education, curriculum development, and special education.

3. What is the meaning of
Education?

4. Education means to lead out of
ignorance.
Education means acquisition
of knowledge and experience
as well as the development
of skills, habits and
attitudes

5. Swami
Vivekananda
Education is the
manifestation of
divine
perfection
already existing
in man

6. Aristotle
Education is
the creation of
a sound mind in
a sound body.

7. Education is a triangular process.

9. Discipline
Academic discipline or field of
study is a branch of knowledge
that is taught and researched at
college or university level.
Disciplines are defined and
recognized by the academic
journals.

10. Describes types of knowledge,
expertise, skills, people, projects,
communities, problems, challenges,
studies, inquiry, approaches and
research areas that are associated
with academic areas of study.
Academic discipline has branches and
it co-evolves with systems of
professions.

11. Why Education is a Discipline?
To become a discipline academia, a
subject must be professional enough.
A discipline has its own language
system and its own professional
technique.
It has theories and practice.
Language system divides people into
two- one is the expert and the other
is a layman.

12. Reasons for considering
education as a discipline
~ It has well defined functions.
~ Its scope and subject matter is
defined.
~ It has emerged as a discipline in the
university system.
~ It has different sub disciplines.
~ Education is a professional subject.

13. Well defined functions
Education as a discipline had a
clearly defines objectives and
purposes.
Function in the development of an
individual and growth of the
society.

14. Scope and subject matter is
defined
Subject matter included in the
discipline education is clearly
defined.
Boundary of the disciplines and its
relationships with other subjects
are specified.

15. Emerged as discipline in the
university system
Universities has Department of
Education, Faculty of Education
and Teacher’s college where
new ideas, concepts and truths
on the discipline education are
emerging.

16. It has different sub disciplines
The study of education involves survey of
philosophical, sociological, psychological,
political, and economical disciplines.
The sub disciplines as educational
philosophy, educational psychology,
educational sociology, economics of
education, history of education etc were
emerged.

17. Education is a Professional Subject
Education as a discipline has both
theoretical and practical aspects.
The theories of education acts as a
foundation and guidelines for practice.
Practitioners of education requires
skills, knowledge and attitude in the
discipline.
The subject education can be
considered as a Pure discipline and as
an Applied discipline.

18. Nature of Education as a
Discipline.
Education is purposive.
Education is planned.
Education is lifelong.
Education is influence exerted.
Education is growth.

19. Development of Education as a
Discipline
Second half of 19th Century – Teachers
College, Columbia University.
Modern teachers colleges and the
modern departments, schools or
faculties of education within universities
were emerged.
The Curricula of these institutions lead
to the improvement of schools, school
systems and improved learning.

20. Progressivism in North America.
New Education in Britain and
Australia.
Within this tradition occurred shifts
in concepts of children and teachers,
discipline and punishment, good
teaching practice and good learning
environments, and socially efficient
curricula.

21. Development of Education as a
Discipline in India

22. 1917- Department of
Education in University
of Calcutta
1936-M.Ed course in
Bombay University
1943- Ph.D. degree in
Education was awarded
by Bombay University
1947- Central Institute
of Education-Conducts
research on educational
problems.
Sept 1, 1961- National
Council of Educational
Research and Training
(NCERT) – Educational
Research
National Institutes
devoted to Educational
Research
National Institue of
Educational Planning
and Administration
(NIEPA), New Delhi
Indian Institute of
Education (IIE), Pune
Centre of Advanced
Study in Education
(CASE), Baroda

23. Major Focal Areas of Education as a
Discipline

24. Teacher Education
Demographic Education
Comparative Education
Special Education
Distance Education
Curriculum Development
Physical Education
Computer Education

26. Don’t let what you can’t do stop you
from doing what you can do.