General education

General education

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

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military education and training

Education; General education

Process that intends to educate in combat and in situations of war.

cooperative learning

Education; General education

Proposed in response to traditional curriculum-driven education. In cooperative learning environments, students interact in purposely structured heterogeneous group to support the learning of one ...

public education often involves the following

Education; General education

public funding; compulsory student attendance; state certification of teachers and curricula; and testing and national standards.

Published in 1644, first appearing anonymously as a single eight-page quarto sheet (Ainsworth 6). Presented as a letter written in response to a request from the Puritan educational reformer Samuel ...

college athletics

Education; General education

Refers to a set of physical activities comprising sports and games put into place by institutions of tertiary education (colleges in American English). In the United States, college athletics is ...

predictive power of a scientific theory

Education; General education

Refers to its ability to generate testable predictions. Theories with strong predictive power are highly valued, because the predictions can often encourage the falsification of the theory. The ...

training

Education; General education

Refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge and relates to specific useful skills. It forms the core of ...