Education and Learning:
· Learning is the process and education is the
product.
· Education is the process of imparting
knowledge, values, skills and attitudes, which can be beneficial to an
individual. On the contrary, learning is the process of adopting knowledge,
values and skills.
· Learning is the basic instinct possessed by all
individuals. On the other hand, education is acquired by individuals.
· Learning is said to be an ongoing process.
Education is something that one gets at some point in their life.
· Learning is an informal process, and education
is a formal process.
· Learning is knowledge gained through
experience, and education is knowledge gained through teaching.
MCQs
64) The word Education is derived from a …....... word “Educatum”.
a) French
b) Latin
c) English
d) Hindi
Modes/Types of Education:
Education goes beyond what
takes places within the four walls of the classroom. A child gets
the education from his experiences outside the school as well as from
those within on the basis of these factors.
There are three
main types of education, namely, Formal, Informal and Non-formal.
Each of these types is discussed below.
1)
Formal
Education:
Formal education or formal
learning usually takes place in the
premises of the school, where a person may learn basic, academic, or trade
skills. Small children often attend a nursery or kindergarten but often formal
education begins in elementary school and continues with secondary school.
Post-secondary education (or higher education) is usually at a college or
university which may grant an academic degree. It is associated with a specific
or stage and is provided under a certain set of rules and regulations. The
formal education is given by specially qualified teachers they are supposed to
be efficient in the art of instruction. It also observes strict
discipline. The student and the teacher both are aware of the facts and
engage themselves in the process of education.
Distance education is the part of
formal education. Similarly online courses also the part of formal education.
Examples of
Formal Education:
ü Learning in a
classroom
ü School
grading/certification, college, and university degrees
ü Planned
education of different subjects having a proper syllabus acquired by attending
the institution.
ü Formal
education is structured hierarchically.
ü It is planned
and deliberate.
ü Scheduled fees
are paid regularly.
ü It has a
chronological grading system.
ü It has a
syllabus and subject-oriented. The syllabus has to be covered within a specific
time period.
ü The child is
taught by the teachers
ü An organized
educational model and up to date course contents.
ü Students
acquire knowledge from trained and professional teachers.
ü Structured and
systematic learning process.
ü Intermediate
and final assessments are ensured to advance students to the next learning
phase.
ü Institutions
are managerially and physically organized.
ü Leads to a
formally recognized certificate.
ü Easy access to
jobs.
ü Sometimes,
brilliant students are bored due to the long wait for the expiry of the
academic session to promote to the next stage
ü Chance of bad
habits’ adoption may be alarming due to the presence of both good and bad
students in the classroom
ü Wastage of
time as some lazy students may fail to learn properly in spite of motivation by
the professional trainers.
Some unprofessional and non-standard education system may
cause the wastage of time and money of the students which leads to the
disappointment from formal education and argue them to go for non-formal
education.
2) Informal education:
Process of
living is called informal education. Leaner social etiquettes, family or
groups. Informal education is natural. It is long life. Everyone wants to
aware. It is unconventional and irregular and it is also accidental.
Informal education may be a parent teaching a child how to
prepare a meal or ride a bicycle. People can also get an informal education by
reading many books from a library or educational websites.
Informal education is when you are not
studying in a school and do not use any particular learning method. In this
type of education, conscious efforts are not involved. It is neither
pre-planned nor deliberate. It may be learned at some marketplace, hotel or at
home. Unlike formal education, informal education is not imparted by an
institution such as school or college. Informal education is not
given according to any fixed timetable. There is no set curriculum required.
Informal education consists of experiences and actually living in the family or
community.
Examples of Informal Education
ü Teaching the
child some basics such as numeric characters.
ü
Someone learning his/her mother tongue
ü
A spontaneous type of learning, “if a person
standing in a bank learns about opening and maintaining the account at
the bank from someone.”
ü
It is independent of boundary walls.
ü
It has no definite syllabus.
ü
It is not pre-planned and has no timetable.
ü
No fees are required as we get informal
education through daily experience and by learning new things.
ü
It is a lifelong process in a natural way.
ü
The certificates/degrees are not involved and
one has no stress for learning the new things.
ü
You can get from any source such as media,
life experiences, friends, family etc.
ü More naturally
learning process as you can learn at anywhere and at any time from your daily
experience.
ü It involves
activities like individual and personal research on a topic of interest for
themselves by utilizing books, libraries, social media, internet or getting
assistance from informal trainers.
ü Utilizes a
variety of techniques.
ü No specific
time span.
ü Less costly
and time-efficient learning process.
ü No need to
hire experts as most of the professionals may be willing to share their
precious knowledge with students/public through social media and the internet.
ü Learners can
be picked up the requisite information from books, TV, radio or conversations
with their friends/family members.
ü Information
acquired from the internet, social media, TV, radio or conversations with
friends/family members may lead to the disinformation.
ü Utilized
techniques may not be appropriate.
ü No proper
schedule/time span.
ü Unpredictable
results which simply the wastage of time.
ü Lack of confidence
in the learner.
ü Absence of
discipline, attitude and good habits.
3) Non-formal education:
Non-formal to sometime arrange or sometime
not arrange. It has also rules but the rules of this form of education are
flexible. Social institutions develop to
train people to fight where welfare become a specialize work. Mosque, and
Charch are informal institutions.
Non-formal education includes adult basic education, adult
literacy education or school equivalency preparation. In non-formal education,
someone (who is not in school) can learn literacy, other basic skills or job
skills. Home education, individualized instruction (such as programmed
learning), distance learning and computer-assisted instruction are other
possibilities.
Non-formal education is imparted
consciously and deliberately and systematically implemented. It should be
organized for a homogeneous group. Non-formal, education should be
programmed to serve the needs of the identified group. This will necessitate
flexibility in the design of the curriculum and the scheme of evaluation.
ü Boy Scouts and
Girls Guides develop some sports program such as swimming comes under
non-formal education.
ü Fitness
programs.
ü Community-based
adult education courses.
ü Free courses
for adult education developed by some organization.
ü The non-formal
education is planned and takes place apart from the school system.
ü The timetable
and syllabus can be adjustable.
ü Unlike
theoretical formal education, it is practical and vocational education.
ü Non-formal
education has no age limit.
ü Fees or
certificates may or may not be necessary.
ü It may be full
time or part-time learning and one can earn and learn together.
ü It involves
learning of professional skills.
ü Practiced and
vocational training.
ü Naturally
growing minds that do not wait for the system to amend.
ü Literacy with
skillfulness growth in which self-learning is appreciated.
ü Flexibility in
age, curriculum and time.
ü Open-ended
educational system in which both the public and private sector are involved in
the process.
ü No need to
conduct regular exams.
ü Diploma,
certificates, and award are not essential to be awarded.
ü Attendance of
participants is unsteady.
ü Sometimes,
it’s just wastage of time as there is no need to conduct the exam on regular
basis and no degree/diploma is awarded at the end of the training session.
ü Basic reading
and writing skills are crucial to learn.
ü No
professional and trained teachers.
ü Students may
not enjoy full confidence as the regular students enjoy.
65) Education is the combination of…….Latin words.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
