What is the definition of education?
The intentional, planned activities through which learners are supported by educators to acquire the required knowledge, skills and attitudes themselves in order to meet their responsibilities in all aspects of roles in life.
What do learners prepare themselves for?
To conduct their responsibilities as members of their family.
To work at an occupation.
To be active citizens.
To be contributing members of the society.
To be self-actualising individuals.
What is the definition of training?
Those planned, intentional activities through which the learners are assisted by the trainers to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes to fulfill their responsibility in a particular area or role in life.
What does “education as a science” mean?
The science of education and trainings as activity’s including all its aspects.
What are the related concepts of “education as science”?
- Forming/molding: activities by which one person acts to influence the development of another.
- Indoctrination: activities by which someone imprints ideas or puts ideas into someone’s mind.
- Coaching: Learning through exercise and sometimes give direction to human behavior’s.
- Conditioning: activities that get people to react on something in some way on a particular stimulus OR to bring or keep someone in a certain condition to adjust, change or shape.
What is comparative education?
The science with the education system as a field of study.
What are the three different perspectives of comparative education?
- The education system perspective
- The determinant or contextual perspective.
- The comparative perspective.
Shortly explain the three different perspectives of comparative education?
- The education system perspective:
structures and functioning of the E.S that are studied in order to determine the most effective way to provide educational needs. - The determinant or contextual perspective:
The influence of different factors on the nature and structure of the functioning of the E.S. - The comparative perspective:
Focuses on the comparison of different E.S.
What is the focus of comparative education:
- Transactional in nature: E.S of the world are studied.
- Dynamic in nature: E.S are always changing.
- Interdisciplinary in nature: different sciences are used to study E.S in context.
- Eclectic in nature: the studying and planning of different E.S to improve a particular E.S.
- Utilitarian in nature: “that which works’
What are the aims of comparative education:
-Descriptive aims: more knowledge about E.S of different countries are made availablE.
-Explanatory aims: relationship between the causes and practice’s in E.S (‘why’)
-Pragmatic aims of improvement: aimed to solve existing problems in E.S.
What is the definition of an education system?
A framework consisting of different components and elements for effective education to provide the real educational needs of a target group.
What are the different components of the education system?
Education system policy
Education system administration
Structures of teaching
Support services
What are the types of education systems?
- The national E.S
- The mini-education system
- The mini-training system
- The formal E.S
- The non-formal E.S
- The informal E.S
Explain shortly the types of education systems?
- The national E.S
-provide education of all people in a particular country. - The mini-education system
-provide educational needs for a particular group of people (Curro schools in SA) - The mini-training system
-Effective training provided for a particular group of people (ABSA) - The formal E.S
-Planned and intentional goal-directed educational activities with the national E.S - The non-formal E.S
-Planned and intentional goal-directed educational activities outside the normal programmes of national E.S - The informal E.S
-Unplanned activities through a person gains knowledge (dad teaches his son to tie his shoe)
Who are the primary and secondary educators of a child?
Primary=parents
secondary=teachers
What is the primary aim of an E.S?
To provide in educational needs of target group or community at large.
What other aims does the education system have?
- Cultural aim: E.S should provide learners with opportunities to preserve and develop their exisiting culture.
- Selecting aim: opportunities to fulfill responsibilities in life according to individual interests.
- Preparation of responsible citizens: contribute to welfare and stable country
- Preparation for meaning spending of leisure time
- Settlement in community: equip learners with the required competencies to cope with a changing society.
What are the subcomponents of the education system policy?
Policy formats
Policy making procedures
What are the subcomponents of the education system administration.
Organizational management structures
Financial framework and budget
Communication
What are the subcomponents of the structures of teaching?
Education levels
educational institutions
cirricula and programmes
teachers
learners
medium of teaching
physical facilities
What are the subcomponents of the support services?
services to learners
services to teachers
services to teaching and learning activities
Component 1: education system policy
What is an education system policy?
The statement of intent of way in which identified educational needs of target group are to be provided for. Educational system policy can also be regarded as transaction between provider & user of education about way in which educational needs of target group will be attended to
What are the elements of the education system policy?
Vision
Mission
Aims and objectives
Format of the E.S policy
Describe the following elements: vision, mission, aims and objectives and the format of the E.S policy?
Vision: A short statement of where the system intends to be and provides a general direction.
Mission: characteristics to which the nature & functioning should comply
Aims and objectives: expected outcomes (long, medium, short)
Format of the E.S policy: ways in the E.S will be introduced
