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Nature of Education As A Separate Discipline

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Nature of Education as a

separate Discipline
 Education is a relatively new discipline that
combines aspects of Psychology, history,
philosophy, sociology and some practical
studies.

Introduction  Its domain is the whole complex of process of


educating.

 Education is, of course, also a field of


research that aims to understand the process
of education.
 The data, information and knowledge
collected and accumulated by human race
are classified into several branches. Each
Definition of one of these branches is a discipline or field
Academic of study. Each discipline has got its own
Discipline unique field of research, methods of
research and subject contents. These are
known as important elements of discipline.
 The stock of knowledge in any academic
discipline is classified and arranged in the
form of concepts, principles, and theories so
as to give it a distinct theoretical structure.
A part from this, every discipline has its
specific origin or long history.
Theroretical Structure

Process of Education
Nature of
Education as a Education as a System
Distinct
Discipline Education has its own Field of Research
and Laboratory

Education has its own Research Method


 ‘ Pedagogy’ or teaching forms the core of
knowledge, constituting the academic
discipline education and the concepts,
principles and theories related to pedagogy
1. Theoretical are arranged properly and interlinked so as
Structure to give it a distinct theoretical structure.
 Researches undertaken continuously in this
field bring changes now and then in this
structure of knowledge.
 Education is the process of modifying the
knowledge and skills of students so as to

2.Process of effect improvements.

Education  When teaching is undertaken based on the


set aims and objectives, changes in students
behaviour occur.
 Education as a distinct system has its
own input ( students), process
3. Education as ( teaching methods) and output(the
a System progress or improvement noticed in
students). So education is a discipline.
 Education institutions and their classrooms serve as
the laboratories for conducting educational research.

4. Education  Various educational researches are conducted across


has its own field the different parts of the world, regarding what kind

of Research and of classroom climate, methods of teaching, evaluation

Laboratory techniques, methods of providing feedback etc.


Enhance students performance and proficiency in
learning.
 The research methods of education ate unique in
nature. Various research methods adopted by
researches like ‘Historical Method’, ‘ Survey
5. Education Method’, ‘ Case Study’,’ Experimental Method’, ‘
has its own Genetic Study’, ‘ Causal Comparitive Method’, ‘
Research Correlational Method’ etc.
Method  Methods of forming hypothesis, sampling technique’s
undertaken, analysis and interpretation of the
collected data are unique for educational research.
 Thus education as a process and research
method, has its own self code of conduct
which makes it a distinct academic
discipline.

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