The term ‘Value’ has been derived from the Latin word ‘Valere’. ‘Valere’ in English means ‘ability’ ‘utility’ importance’. All these terms explain the word ‘value’. Therefore, if we look at all these words together, the literal meaning of ‘value’ is that: on the basis of which we assess the qualities, merit or importance of any…
Ethical foundation and ethics in education may help in building good conduct, values and ideals in the students. Ethics, values and ideals are all related to each other, it is a little difficult to see these three separately from each other. Ethics and moral thoughts get linked with an individual’s ‘express’ part to become ‘conduct’….
People keep on learning something from birth till death. He/she gets new experiences every moment, and keeps on growing. Due to which his/her day to day behavior is affected. This learning and teaching of him/her takes place in various contexts of society, such as home, friend groups, letter-magazines, television etc. and at different times, such…
The purpose of education is to prepare human beings who can take decisions after due deliberation and thinking. Through education, a sense of critical thinking is developed in human beings. It is also responsible for promoting critical thinking among the students. On the contrary, indoctrination is a process that affects a person’s ability to take…
The common, literal meaning of the word learning is to learn something. Human beings have some other innate qualities, such as thumb sucking, crying, and laughing etc. These behaviors are not learned behaviors, but are responses to the environment arising from the muscles. These are called reflex actions. Learning is different from reflexive actions. To…
Training is the gradual process employed to develop and improve any habit, ability or attitude in humans or animals, i.e. the teaching and nurturance of human babies in the larger sense. Training is related to the modification or transformation of human behavior. Through training, efforts are made to modify or upgrade human basic tendencies and…
Teaching is a creative enterprise. It is not something that one can learn and repeat. The concept of teaching is based on the belief of education that a person is born with some basic traits, tendencies and abilities and education is the process of development and modification of these. Further, these traits, tendencies and abilities…
Education is a purposeful activity, whether we see it in its broad sense or in its narrow sense, both have one or the other purpose. Objectives provide a direction to any task or activity whereas, aimless learning is like a dark street where an individual don’t understand where to move and how to move ahead….
Nationalism is an ideology and most powerful force even today. It is a sentiments and feelings for which masses live and die. It is combined with the ideology of liberalism, socialism, fascism and ex-colonial peoples. It means love for motherland or homeland and promotion of one’s culture and civilization. Western scholars who gave ideas of…