What Education Is

What Education Is (hereinafter, the Lectio) is the second lesson part of the Education Essentials lesson that introduces its participants to education and related topics.

WorldOpp Pipeline

This lesson belongs to the Introduction to Education session of the CNM Cyber Orientation. The Orientation is the second stage of the WorldOpp Pipeline.

Content

The predecessor lectio is What Learning Is.

Key terms

Education. The process and/or product of facilitating one's acquisition of KSAs.

• Formal training (formal education). The education that is delivered under a formal curriculum and calendar that is officially approved usually by the government or some accreditation body. In most of contemporary countries, formal training consists of compulsory education and post-secondary education.
• Compulsory education. The part of formal training that is imposed by government and, with some exceptions, required of all people. In most of contemporary countries, compulsory education consists of primary education and secondary education.
• Individualized learning. One's learning based on one's individualized curriculum.
• Informal learning (independent learning). Any activity involving the pursuit of understanding, knowledge or skill which occurs without the presence of any approved curriculum.

Curriculum. The aggregate of learning content and learning sequence of a particular course of study or all the courses offered by an educational institution, or their brief description.

• Prescripted curriculum. Any curriculum that is externally imposed in advance.
• Individualized curriculum. Any curriculum tailored to meet the needs of a particular learner.

Learning content. The object of one's learning that is contained in something written, spoken, visualized, or created in any other way.

• Lecture. An oral presentation intended to deliver learning content or teach people about a particular subject. Usually, lectures are structured, prepared in advance and delivered by a credentialed lecturer, for instance, a college professor.
• Textbook. A compilation of learning content in a particular area of study.

Script

Education is the process and/or product of facilitating one's purposeful learning.

Formal training is delivered under a formal curriculum and calendar that is officially approved usually by the government or some accreditation body. Curriculum refers to the learning program.

In most of contemporary countries, formal training consists of compulsory education and post-secondary education.

Compulsory education is imposed by government and, with some exceptions, required of all people. In most of contemporary countries, compulsory education consists of primary education and secondary education.

The curriculum that is externally imposed in advance is known as prescripted curriculum.

On the contrary, individualized curriculum is tailored to meet the needs of a particular learner. One's learning based on one's individualized curriculum is called individualized learning.

Learning may or may not be organized by educational institutions and/or workforce service providers. Everyone can learn independently. Informal learning is any activity involving the pursuit of knowledge, skills, and abilities which occurs which is not organized by another party.

The bulk of learning occurs through some learning content. This content is contained in something written, spoken, visualized, or created in any other way. Lectures and textbooks are just two of way many examples of the learning content.

Lectures are oral presentations intended to deliver learning content or teach people about a particular subject. Usually, lectures are structured, prepared in advance and delivered by a credentialed lecturer, for instance, a college professor.

Textbooks are compilations of learning content in a particular area of study.

Educational Objectives is the successor lectio.

Quiz

Every statement below is split into one true and one false question in the actual exam.

1. Education is (not) the product and/or process of facilitating the acquisition of KSA's.
2. Education can (not) be formal or self-directed.
3. Formal education and self-education can (not) be combined.
4. Only acknowledged schools, colleges, and universities can (not) provide one with education.
5. Only acknowledged schools, colleges, and universities can (not) provide one with proper education.
6. Only acknowledged schools, colleges, and universities can (not) provide one with formal education.
7. Any employer can (not) serve as an educational institution.
8. Any organization can (not) serve as an educational institution.
9. Better schools (do not necessarily) lead to better education.
10. Formal education is (not) learning that is facilitated only by acknowledged schools, colleges, and universities.
11. Formal education is (not) learning that is organized by a learner him- or her-self.