Education as a Process
The meaning that comes out of all these discussions is that through education
the child’s innate powers are developed according to the needs and values of
the individual and the society. Thus, education is essentially a process—the
process of developing or bringing out the qualities of the child in accordance
with needs and values. The process is a deliberate and purposeful activity,
which is carried out to attain the desired outcome or objective. Activities
related to education are educative processes. It is a way of learning to the
learner and instruction or guidance to the teacher. John Adam called the
education process a bi-polar. In this process, two poles are involved. One is
the educator and the other is the educand. A learner with a learned and the
teacher with a taught. The resultant of this process between this two is
education. Here one will teach and another will learn. The activities are
interrelated and interdependent.
The modern concept of education defined the process of education and
identified three important elements. These are “Educand” or the child who is
to be educated:
the “educator” or the teacher who provides opportunities and organizes
learning experiences for child education: and the “social setting” or
socio-cultural influences or forces in the process of education are carried
on.
The relationship among three elements can be considered a “tri-polar process”,
where the Three elements i.e. the educand, the educator, and the society are
the three essential poles.
