2. INTRODUCTION
िवदा परदे व ता :- “education is god in the realm of practical world”
The term ‘education’ in the broad sense is not only a pedagogical
one punctuating down to the basic meaning of the term, it means to
plunge a mans body, mind and soul of ignorance . It enhances an
individual’s personality and provides him confidence to reach out to
the world.
Education is important not merely as means to other ends, but it
is an attribute that is valued in itself, by most individuals.
Nursing education is the professional education for the
preparation of nurses to enable them to render professional nursing
care to people of all ages, in all phases of health and illness, in a
variety of settings.
3. MEANING OF EDUCATION
• The term ‘education’ is traced to different sources of derivation.
• The term ‘education’ owes its origin to ‘Latin’ words.
VIEW-I
• The word ‘education’ is derived from the word ‘educo’ which
means ‘I lead out’. Here ‘E’ means ‘out of’ while ‘Duco’ means
‘I lead’. In other words it means ‘I lead out of darkness into
light”
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VIEW-II
•
The word ‘education’ is derived from the word ‘educere’ which means ‘ Lead
out’. This implies ‘growth from within’.
VIEW-III
•
The word ‘education’ is originated from the word ‘educare’ meaning ‘To rear,
to bring up, to nourish’.
ETYMOLOGICAL MEANING:-
A) Latin Origin: Educare- to nourish
Educure- to lead forth
Educatum- act of teaching
B) Sanskrit Origin: Skis shah:- To discipline
5. DEFINITION OF EDUCATION
• “Education is the deliberate & systematic influence, exerted
by the mature person upon the immature through instruction,
discipline & harmonious development of physical, intellectual,
aesthetic, social & spiritual powers of human being, according
to individual & social needs & directed towards the union of
the educant with his creator at the final end”
-REDDENS
• “All round development and drawing out the best in the child
mind, body and spirit”.
- GANDHIJI
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• “The development of all the activities in the individual enabling
him to control his environment”
- JOHN DEWEY.
•
“Enabling the mind to find out the ultimate truth which
emancipates us from the bondage of dust
- TAGORE.
•
“Creation of
sound mind in sound body”
- ARISTOTLE.
•
“Influence
of the environment on the individual to bring a
permanent change in habits and behavior”
-G.S.THOMPSON.
• “Education is a process beginning right from the mothers womb”.
- SWAMI DAYANAND SARASWATI
7. FEATURES OF EDUCATION
1) Life long process:- Process of development from infancy to
maturity.
2) Bipolar process :- Interplay of educator and educand.
3)Tripolar process :- Interplay of educator, educand and
social process.
4) A deliberate process:- The educator is aware of his aim.
5) Preserver and Transmitter of heritage: - The cultural
heritage is transmitted from generation to generation.
6) It is progressive: - Changes according to the needs and
demands of the society.
Conclusion: Thus, education is a dynamic process,
which involves the interplay of the educator, educand and
the social forces to make an individual socially adjustable
and responsible
8. AIMS OF EDUCATION
INDIVIDUAL AIM
SOCIAL AIM
Biological stand point
Naturalistic standpoint
Psychological standpoint
Spiritual, moral standpoint
Progressive standpoint
State socialism,
Willing obedience to
authority
AIMS OF
EDUCATION
SPECIFIC AIM
RELATION TO
TIME & SPACE
Vocational aim
Cultural aim
Moral aim
Spiritual aim
Education is not a single -aim activity,
Human nature is multisided, With multiple needs,
Educational aims are ‘correlative to ideals of life’
Different types of education e.g.:- medicine,
nursing, have separate aims for themselves
9. AIMS OF NURSING EDUCATION
Knowledge aim
Leadership aim
Democratic
citizenship aim
AIMS
OF
NURSING EDUCATION
Professional
Development aim
Nursing research
aim
Personality
Development aim
10. CONCEPTS OF EDUCATION
I. INDIAN CONCEPT: “Education is something which makes a man self reliant and self
less”.
- RIGVEDA
“ Education is that whose end- product is salivation”
- UPANISHADS.
“Education is the realization of the self”
- SHANKARACHARYA.
“Education means training foe the country and loving for the nation”
- KAUTILYA.
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II. WESTERN
CONCEPT:-
“Education is the capacity to feel pleasure and pain at the right
moment”
-PLATO.
“Education is the creation of sound mind in sound body”
-ARISTOTLE.
“Education is natural, harmonious and progressive development of
man’s innate powers
-PESTALOZZI.
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Conclusion:
• The western interpreters stressed on the growth and
development of the individual in relation to his
environment.
• Narrow concept: Education is confined only to a few
specific deliberate, planned, influences which have a
bearing on the development of the child.
• Modern concept: There is a shift in the emphasis on national
development from individual development. Education is not
only an instrument of social change but viewed as an
investment in the national development. Great educational
revolutions achieve great economic evaluations.
