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General education
The science and practice that encompass teaching and learning knowledge, beliefs, and skills.
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educational psychology
Education; General education
The study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational treatments, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations. Although the ...
mathematics education
Education; General education
The study of practices and methods of both the teaching and learning of mathematics. Furthermore, mathematics educators are concerned with the development of tools that facilitate practice and/or the ...
technology education
Education; General education
The study of the human ability to create and use tools to shape the natural environment to meet their needs. The goal of technology education is to spread technological literacy which is accomplished ...
philosophy of education
Education; General education
The study of the purpose, nature and ideal content of education. Other questions include the nature of the knowing mind and the human subject, problems of authority, the relationship between ...
sociology of knowledge
Education; General education
The study of the social origins of ideas, and of the effects prevailing ideas have on societies. (Compare history of ideas.)
language education
Education; General education
The teaching and learning of a language or languages, usually as foreign languages.
