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Analyse Education as a Discipline
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Regarding status of Education as a discipline, we come across different views given by experts. Some consider education as multi-disciplinary in nature; whereas, others take it simply as a discipline.
First let’s consider
education as multi-disciplinary in nature. We find there is no specific
educational technique or procedure to handle varied educational problems. For
this, we have to look towards various disciplines such as Psychology,
Sociology, Philosophy, History & Economics. Psychology holds an important
place in determining the intelligence, emotions, behaviour etc of a child.
Similarly, knowledge of Philosophy can’t be avoided when we talk about aims
& objectives of education. Also different philosophical approaches help to
draw implications regarding discipline and punishment in class, freedom of
learners etc. Sociology contributes in socialization of child and also while
forming curriculum. Therefore, Education as a discipline is so closely
associated with certain other disciplines that one cannot think of isolating
education from them.
Next, considering
Education as a distinct discipline. Education certainly is a distinct
discipline as it has laws, principles, logical reasoning regarding the better
and desirable mode of education. Also, we find, educational skill is a result
of training and experience. Therefore, on these grounds education is considered
to be a discipline. However, certain arguments are found against this view:-
1) Education does not have a specific
methodology.
2) Educational skill and practice is a
result of training and experience but nowhere has it proved that there must be
a distinct branch of science underlying the practice.
Hence, on this basis we cannot
consider Education simply as a discipline.
Further, when we consider
the realm of things that are involved in education that is- teacher, students,
pedagogy, curriculum, examination, evaluation, aims and objectives etc. We find
the proper objects for single theoretical discipline. In this sense, education
is a distinct applied discipline. However, it does not have a separate body of
systematic knowledge but is making use of various disciplines. We draw
knowledge from Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, History, and Economics and focus
our attention on applying this knowledge to the field of Education. Hence,
Education can be called as multi-disciplinary in nature.
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