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Unit9Education

UnitOverview

ThewordeducationisderivedfromtheLatineducaremeaningleadingoutor

leadingforth.Thisrevealsoneofthetheoriesbehindthefunctionofeducation-of

developinginnateabilitiesandexpandinghorizons.

Thewordeducationisoftenusedtorefersolelytoformaleducation.However,it

coversarangeofexperiences,fromformallearningtothebuildingofunderstanding

throughdaytodayexperiences.Ultimately,allthatweexperienceservesasaformof

education.Individualscanreceiveinformaleducationfromavarietyofsources.

Familymembersandsocietyhaveastronginfluenceontheinformaleducationofthe

individual.

Thegoalofeducationisthetransferenceofideasandskillsfromonepersonto

another,orfromonepersontoagroup.Currenteducationissuesincludewhich

teachingmethod(s)aremosteffective,howtodeterminewhatknowledgeshouldbe

taught,whichknowledgeismostrelevant,andhowwellthepupilwillretain

incomingknowledge.EducatorssuchasGeorgeCountsandPauloFreireidentified

educationasaninherentlypoliticalprocesswithinherentlypoliticaloutcomes.The

challengeofidentifyingwhoseideasaretransferredandwhatgoalstheyservehas

alwaysstoodinthefaceofformalandinformaleducation.

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“HiddenCurriculum”referstothesideeffectofeducation--lessonswhichare

learnedbutnotopenlyintended,suchasthetransmissionofnorms,values,andbeliefs

conveyedintheclassroomandthesocialenvironment.In“TheHiddenCurriculum–

ATeacher’sView”,JohnTaylorGatto,fromhisownperspective,discussesvarious

sideeffectsofeducationindetails.

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