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edit   The Education Portal Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, good judgement and wisdom. Education has as one of its fundamental goals the imparting of culture from generation to generation (see socialization). Education is 'to draw out'. This means facilitating realisation of self-potential and latent talents of an individual. The education of an individual human begins at birth and continues throughout life. Some believe that education begins even before birth, as evidenced by some parents' playing music or reading to the baby in the womb in the hope it will influence the child's development. For some, the struggles and triumphs of daily life provide far more instruction than does formal schooling (thus Mark Twain's admonition to "never let school interfere with your education"). Family members may have a profound educational effect — often more profound than they realize — though family teaching may function very informally; but formality only proves the education outside the family that is also being taught. More about... education and its educators, history, philosophy, psychology, technology edit   Selected article Alternative education, also known as non-traditional education or educational alternative, describes a number of approaches to teaching and learning other than traditional publicly- or privately-run schools. These approaches can be applied to all students of all ages, from infancy to adulthood, and all levels of education. Educational alternatives are often the result of education reform and are rooted in various philosophies that are fundamentally different from those of mainstream compulsory education. While some have strong political, scholarly, or philosophical orientations, others are more informal associations of teachers and students dissatisfied with certain aspects of mainstream education. Educational alternatives, which include charter schools, alternative schools, independent schools, and home-based learning vary widely, but emphasize the value of small class size, close relationships between students and teachers, and a sense of community. edit   Selected picture A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects. A university provides both tertiary and quaternary education. edit   News Latest education Wikinews February 6: German education minister stripped of PhD for plagiarism January 4: Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai discharged from hospital December 14: Dozens dead in Connecticut school shooting December 6: Sandra Fluke gives keynote speech at Nebraska women's health event November 30: Sandra Fluke nominated by Time magazine for Person of the Year November 3: Report says UK teachers 'boosted GCSE marks' September 7: Sandra Fluke featured speaker at Democratic National Convention June 22: UK education secretary Michael Gove to drop GCSEs in favour of new O-level-style exams edit   Selected educator Socrates (circa 470–399 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher who is widely credited for laying the foundation for Western philosophy. Perhaps his most important contribution to Western thought is his dialectic (answering a question with a question) method of inquiry, known as the Socratic Method or method of elenchos, which he largely applied to the examination of key moral concepts such as the Good and Justice. It was first described by Plato in the Socratic Dialogues. For this, Socrates is customarily regarded as the father of political philosophy and ethics or moral philosophy, and as a fountainhead of all the main themes in Western philosophy in general. edit   Glossary Knowledge: The confident understanding of a subject, potentially with the ability to use it for a specific purpose… Learning: The process of acquiring knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values, through study, experience, or teaching… Pedagogy: The art or science of teaching… List of topics · More Glossary terms... edit   Categories Education (book) Academic institutions: Universities and colleges • Schools (High schools and secondary schools, Middle schools, Primary and elementary schools) Alternative education: Education reform • Homeschooling • Religious education • Special education Education by country: Australia • Brazil • Canada • China • France • Germany • India • Israel • Japan • Korea • Pakistan • Russia • Scotland • United Kingdom • United States • Ukraine Education by subject: Chemical • Language • Legal • Mathematics • Medical • Music • Physics • Public health • Science • Vocational Educators: Educational psychologists • Principals and headteachers • Teachers  • University and college presidents Educational: Administration • Philosophy • Psychology • General: History of education edit   WikiProjects Education • Education in Australia • Education in Canada • Education in India • Education in Pakistan • Science and academia • Alternative education • Schools • School Years • Universities • Deletion sorting/Education edit   Did you know... ...that University of Michigan elocution professor Thomas Trueblood (pictured) received nationwide attention when the Chicago Tribune reported in 1903 that he was offering a new "course in love making"? ...that there is currently significant controversy on college and university rankings like those used for business school rankings because some of the methodologies are deemed misleading? ...that that as President of the College of New Jersey, John Maclean, Jr. conveyed a Doctor of Laws degree to President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War? ...that William Fawcett, a character actor in B-films and television from 1946 to the early 1970s, held a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska and was a drama professor at Michigan State University prior to the start of his acting career? ...that race car journalist and former race car driver Dr. Dick Berggren decided to stop teaching college psychology after he was called into the college president's office because he parked his racecar in the faculty parking lot? edit   Quote “ Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. ” — Chinese proverb edit   Topics edit   Things you can do Join the Education WikiProject - Help work on the tasks list Education WikiProject and Portal Here are some Education related tasks you can do: Focus (top priority) articles: Education, School, Pedagogy, Learning, Lifelong learning, Public school Refine/polish to FA status: Critical thinking, John Dewey, Educational animation, Educational psychology Cleanup/Copyedit: Constructivism (learning theory), Distance education, Early childhood education, Philosophy of education, Physical education, Neil Postman, E-Learning, More... Collaborate: Coordinate with m:Wikiversity (on Meta; also on Wikibooks), Coordinate with Wikipedia:School and university projects, More... Expand: Princess Nora bint Abdul Rahman University, Queer Pedagogy, Educational software, Educational technology, Glossary of education-related terms (A-C), Higher education, Instructional theory, Learning theory (education), Nursery school (redirect from "Preschool"), Situated learning, Vocational education, Paulo Freire, Friedrich Fröbel, Donald Schön, Lev Vygotsky, Etienne Wenger, Rhodes University, More... Expert attention: Knowledge Cafe, LogoVisual thinking, Whole language, Reading comprehension, Learning to read, Merge/Split: Edutainment, Four stages of competence, Intellectual giftedness, Hebbian theory, More... NPOV: Applied behavior analysis, Bullying, Charter school, Collegiate Network, Direct instruction, Education reform, Gregg Harris, Medomak Camp, Theory of multiple intelligences, Youth subculture, More... Requests: Puerto Rico Schools for the 21st Century,12 California Association of Student Leaders, Test-taking strategies, More... Stubs: Educational research, Mature student, Psychology of learning (merge?), More... Verify: Add sources to Unreferenced BLPs Wikify: E-mentoring, MLearning, Community podcast, Basic writing, Interprofessional education More... Other issues: Experiential education Note: These articles may overlap with those on Alternative education or other related lists. If you would like to make a change, either do so yourself, or make a suggestion. edit   Associated Wikimedia edit   Related portals Library and information science Schools Society University What are portals? List of portals Featured portals