EDUCATION UGC NET
EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
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E and Catum
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Edu and Catum
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Word Education
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Education began in prehistory, as adults trained the young in the knowledge and skills deemed necessary in their society. In pre-literate societies, this was achieved orally and through imitation. Story-telling passed knowledge, values, and skills from one generation to the next.
Detailed explanation-2: -Education is derived from two Latin words “Educare” or “Educere” and “Educatum”. Educare or Educere means to lead out, to draw out, to raise or to educate where as in Educatum “E”means from inside and “catum” means to draw out or act of teaching or training.
Detailed explanation-3: -Etymologically, the word “Education” is derived from the Latin words “educare", “educere” and “educantum". Educare refers to “to bring up’ or “to nourish", whereas the word ‘’educere” means to “to bring forth” or “to drag out".
Detailed explanation-4: -Lord Macaulay was the father and founder of the present education system, as is referred to in the fourth line of the first paragraph. Was this answer helpful?