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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 after 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 Physics education refers both to the methods currently used to teach physics and to an area of pedagogical research that looks to improve those methods. Historically, physics has been taught at the high school and college level primarily by the lecture method together with laboratory exercises aimed at verifying concepts taught in the lectures. In most introductory physics courses mechanics usually is the first area of physics that is discussed. Newton's laws of motion, which describe how massive objects respond to forces, are central to the study of mechanics. The primary goal of physics education research is to develop pedagogical techniques and strategies that will help students learn physics more effectively. A variety of interactive learning methods (sometimes also called active learning methods) and laboratory experiences have been developed with this aim. edit   Selected picture Memorial Hall is the civil war monument that now serves as Sanders Theater and the Annenberg freshman dining hall at Harvard University. edit   News Latest education Wikinews April 22: Student kills teacher in Barcelona March 4: Beverly Hall, indicted public school superintendent, dies aged 68 February 6: Scottish university football club under investigation over 'blackface' event December 18: Nation mourns, world condemns Taliban attack on Pakistan army school November 13: Two-time plane crash survivor, Austin Hatch, scores first goal in college sports September 19: Students protest against police action in Jadavpur University, Kolkata June 23: Spelling error appears on Medill School of Journalism diplomas May 8: Student protesters take over Q&A edit   Selected educator John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thoughts and ideas have been greatly influential in the United States and around the world. He, along with Charles Sanders Peirce and William James, is recognized as one of the founders of the philosophical school of Pragmatism. He also is known as the father of functional psychology; he was a leading representative of the progressive movement in U.S. education during the first half of the 20th century. edit   Quote “ I know, [there is] no safe depositary of the ultimate powers of society, but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power. ” — Thomas Jefferson in an 1820 letter to William C. Jarvis 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 • Nepal • 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 • Education in Nepal • Science and academia • Alternative education • Schools • School Years • Universities • Deletion sorting/Education edit   Did you know... ...that the vote by Stanley Forman Reed to join the majority in Brown v. Board of Education made the ruling unanimous, and helped win public acceptance for the decision? ...that FPT University, a college in Ho Chi Minh City specializing in information technology, became the first private university in Vietnam when it was established in 2006? ...that, after helping enact abstinence-only sex education as a school board member, Colorado state senator Scott Renfroe attempted to amend statewide comprehensive sex ed standards to exempt schools in his native Weld County? ...that City Academy High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota, became the first charter school in the U.S. when it opened its doors to 30 students on September 7, 1992? ...that New York City-born mathematician Judith Roitman serves as the guiding teacher of the Kansas Zen Center? 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 at the Wikipedia:Education noticeboard based upon Wikipedia:Student assignments, 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. 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