General education

General education

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

Contributors in General education

General education

Education related to the practice of being a medical practitioner, either the initial training to become a doctor or further training thereafter. Medical education and training varies considerably ...

situated learning

Education; General education

Education that takes place in a setting functionally identical to that where the learning will be applied.

unobservables

Education; General education

Entities whose existence, nature, properties, qualities or relations are not observable. In the philosophy of science typical examples of "unobservables" are atomic particles, the force of gravity, ...

student

Education; General education

Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb "stŭdērĕ", which means "to direct one's zeal at"; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. Also ...

intrinsic motivation

Education; General education

Evident when people engage in an activity for its own sake, without some obvious external incentive present. A hobby is a typical example.

national postgraduate representative body

Education; General education

Exists in many countries representing postgraduate students/researchers undertaking their doctorate (PhD) or postdoctoral research. Some have a broader remit to represent all postgraduates, including ...

problem solving

Education; General education

Forms part of thinking. It occurs if an organism or an artificial intelligence system does not know how to proceed from a given state to a desired goal state. It is part of the larger problem process ...