What is the meaning of

Education?
Education means to lead out of
ignorance.

Education means acquisition

of knowledge and experience
as well as the development
of skills, habits and
attitudes
 Swami
Vivekananda
Education is the
manifestation of
divine
perfection
already existing
in man
 Aristotle

Education is
the creation of
a sound mind in
a sound body.
Education is a triangular process.
 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.
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.
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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
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.
 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.
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.
Nature of Education as a
Discipline.

Education is purposive.
Education is planned.
Education is lifelong.
Education is influence exerted.
Education is growth.
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.
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.
Development of Education as a
Discipline in India
 National Institue of
1917- Department of National Institutes
Educational Planning
Education in University devoted to Educational
and Administration
of Calcutta Research
(NIEPA), New Delhi

Sept 1, 1961- National

Council of Educational
1936-M.Ed course in Indian Institute of
Research and Training
Bombay University Education (IIE), Pune
(NCERT) – Educational
Research

1947- Central Institute

1943- Ph.D. degree in Centre of Advanced
of Education-Conducts
Education was awarded Study in Education
research on educational
by Bombay University (CASE), Baroda
problems.
Major Focal Areas of Education as a
Discipline
 Teacher Education
Demographic Education

Comparative Education

Special Education

Distance Education

Curriculum Development

Physical Education

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