General education

General education

The science and practice that encompass teaching and learning knowledge, beliefs, and skills.

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academic institution

Education; General education

An educational institution dedicated to higher education and research, which grants academic degrees.

normal school

Education; General education

An educational institution for training teachers. Its purpose is to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name. The term normal school is now archaic in all but a few countries. In New ...

synthesis

Education; General education

It is commonly understood to be an integration of two or more pre-existing elements which results in a new creation.

The term is derived from the Greek words episteme (knowledge) and logos (word/speech). It's the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature, origin and scope of knowledge. Historically, it has ...

kindergarten

Education; General education

Derived from the German words for garden for children, it's a name used in many parts of the world for the first stages of a child's classroom education. In some parts kindergarten is part of the ...

forbidden knowledge

Education; General education

In contrast to secret knowledge, it is used to describe forbidden books or other information to which access is restricted or deprecated for political or religious reasons. Forbidden knowledge is ...

gifted

Education; General education

An intellectual ability significantly higher than average. Gifted children develop asynchronously; their minds are often ahead of their physical growth, and specific cognitive and emotional functions ...