The document discusses key concepts in education including definitions, aims, principles, and functions. It provides definitions of education from thinkers like Pestalozzi and Dewey. The aims of education discussed include utilitarian, vocational, social, intellectual, and moral development. Principles like purposeful activity and education being a planned process are covered. Functions of education mentioned are completing socialization, transmitting culture, and reforming attitudes.

1. By.
Pratibha Srivastava
Associate Professor

2. Meaning.
The word education is derived from the Latin
word “educare” which means lead-out. It
means education is the bringing-up of the
child in a desirable manner. So the education
is the science of instruction for the purpose of
leading the pupils.

3. Definitions.
Education
Education is the natural, harmonious and
progressive development of man’s innate
power.
Pestalozzi.
Education is the development of all those
capacities in the individual which will enable
him to control his environment and fulfill his
possibilities.
John Dewey.
Education is the all round drawing out of the
best in child and man body, mind and spirit.
Mahatma Gandhi.

4. Nursing education.
Nursing education is a professional education
which is consciously and systematically planned
and implemented through instruction and
discipline and aims the harmonious
development of the physical, intellectual, social,
emotional, spiritual and aesthetic owners or
abilities of the student in orders to render
professional nursing care to people of all ages,
in all phases of health and illness, in a variety of
setting, in the best or highest possible manner.

5. Philosophy.
Meaning of philosophy.
The word philosophy has been derived from
two Greek words “Philos” and “Sophia”. Philos
means love of and Sophia means wisdom.
Thus philosophy means love of wisdom.
Philosophy is search for wisdom and truth.
Knowledge is a constituent of wisdom and
wisdom helps us to analyze the facts in the
process of finding relationships.

6. Definition
Philosophy is an attempt to think truly about
human experience or to make out whole
experience intelligible.
Bright man
Philosophy is a search for comprehensive view
of nature, an attempt at a universal explanation
of nature of things.
Henderson.

7. Philosophy of education.
Philosophy directs education by providing certain
guidelines. In a way, education is the application or
philosophy of education is applied philosophy. So
educational philosophy is the application of
philosophy, in an attempt to meet the challenges
faced by the education system.
A sound philosophy of education is based on an
adequate philosophy of life. Philosophy serves as
the source of objectives required by education.
Education and philosophy reciprocate each other.

8. Aims of education
Utilitarian aim.
It is concerned with providing knowledge and
skill required by the child for leading his day to
day life. This aim makes the educative process
a purposeful one and depicts the relationship
between education and life.
Vocational aim.
Education should prepare the child to earn his
livelihood so that he can lead a productive life
in the society. Dignity of labor and respect to
the labor has to be developed or included by
means of education.

9. Social aim.
Every individual is considered as a productive
member of the society. Through education the
individual child should be provided with the
required assistance to become useful member of
the society, irrespective of the socio-economic
status.
Intellectual aim.
Intelligence is essential for acquiring knowledge,
thinking, reasoning, judgment and generalization.
Education provides enough opportunities to
develop the innate intellectual capacity of the
student.
Citizenship.
Education enables the children to grow as
productive citizens by following the social and
moral standards set by the society.

10. Physical health and well being.
Education prepare the child to lead a healthy life
through providing the knowledge required for a
healthy living and helping him to develop a
positive attitude towards health.
Character development.
Education assists the child to develop certain
human values, attitudes and habits which are
essential for building a desirable character.
Moral development.
Moral values like honesty, truthfulness, justice,
goodness, purity, courage, reverence, dutifulness,
punctuality, self-confidence, discrimination
between good and bad, observation of rules,
belief in systematic organization etc. are
inculcated through education.

11. Cultural development.
By undergoing education child becomes cultured
and civilized. Cultural development is manifested
through the development of an aesthetic sense
and respect for other’s culture.
Education for leisure.
Leisure is the time meant for enjoyment and
recreation. Leisure plays an important role in
recharging our depleted energy levels. Education
prepares the child to use his leisure time for doing
something useful.
Self realization.
Child born with tremendous potentials and
education should help the child to become what he
has to become by assisting to realize his potentials
and then equipping him to utilize the identified
potentials to the maximum extent possible.

12. Mental and emotional development.
Good mental health is a must to cope with the
changing lifestyles and social needs. Education
should train the child by giving adequate
opportunities for mental emotional development.
Autonomous development.
The main aim of education is autonomous
development of an individual. An individual child
has to develop in total by seeking assistance and
direction extended by the education.
Self education aim.
As education is considered as a life long process, it
should prepare the child to adopt a proactive role
towards the learning process.
Harmonious development.
Ultimately the over all aim of education is to ensure
harmonious development through the achievement
of the above mentioned aims.

13. Functions of education.
To complete the socialization process.
The main social objective of education is to
complete the socialization process. The school
trains the child to develop honesty,
consideration for others and ability to
distinguish between right and wrong.
To transmit the cultural heritage.
All societies are proud to high light their
cultural heritage and ascertain that the culture
is preserved and transmitted through social
organization to future generations.

14. Formation of social personality.
Along with the process of transmitting culture,
education, also contributes to the formation of
social personality. Formation of social
personality helps man to adjust with his
environment and flourish himself in
cooperation with others.
Reformation of attitude.
In the development process, child may have
incorporated some undesirable attitudes,
beliefs and disbelief, loyalties, prejudices,
jealousy, hatred etc. it is the duty of the
education to reform the undesirable attitudes
and others negative aspects by means of
removing the wrong beliefs, illogical prejudices
and unreasoned loyalties from the child’s mind.

15. Education for educational placement an instrument of
livelihood.
This is regarded as the first and foremost function
of education by a large section of people. It is
related to the practical aim of education due to
the diversified needs of the society.
Conferring of status.
It is understood that an individual’s status in the
society is determined by the amount and type or
kind of education he has received.
Education encourages the spirit of competition.
Healthy competition is essential for the growth of
a democratic society. Healthy competition can be
manifested in the form of quality products and
services.

16. Education trains in skills are required by the
economy.
Economy and education always enjoys a
bilateral relationship.
Foster participant democracy.
In participant democracy, ordinary citizen is
aware about his rights and duties and participant
essential to nurture participant democracy and
literacy is the product of education. Thus,
education fosters participant democracy.
Education imparts values.
Education imparts values such as cooperation,
team spirit, obedience, etc.

17. Education act as an integrative force.
Education act as an integrative force in society
by communication values that unite different
sections of the society. By the large students
learn social skill from the educational
institutions
Values and orientation which are specific to certain
profession are also provided by education
This function deals mainly with the
professional education. For example, in
nursing institute, nursing students are
educated in a particular way to meet the health
needs of the society.

18. Principal of education.
Purposeful activity.
Irrespective of its formal or non formal nature,
education is carried out with a purpose. The
purpose may vary according to the needs of
the child or demands by the society.
Education is a deliberate process.
Education is a process of deliberately guiding
the development of pupils by the
communication and manipulation of
knowledge, which in the wake fosters needed
skills and attitudes.

19. Education is a planned activity based on objective.
This character is some what similar to the first
one. By and large education is a planned
activity based on pre-determined objectives.
This is the most important feature of educative
process.
Educative process is influenced by the society.
Social changes and technological
advancement. Education and society are
maintaining bilateral relationship; societal
changes can influence education, at the same
time education leads to social changes also.

20. Summary.