What is a median in math? The median is the middle number in a sorted, ascending or descending, list of numbers and can be more descriptive of that data set than the average. Median is the middle number in a sorted list of numbers. To determine the median value in a sequence of numbers, the … Read more
What is an induction stove? In an induction stove, a cooking vessel is placed on top of a coil of copper wire with an alternating electric current passing through it. The resulting oscillating magnetic field wirelessly induces an electrical current in the vessel. This large eddy current flowing through the resistance of the vessel results … Read more
What is urbanization? Urbanization is the process through which cities grow, and higher and higher percentages of the population come to live in the city. As the world’s population is increasing, a rising number of people are moving from rural areas to more urban settings. This global phenomenon is called urbanization — essentially increasing the … Read more
Derive the concept of education etymologically Etymologically, the term “Education” is believed to have been derived from the Latin words “educare” and “educere” while educare means to “bring up” or “to nourish”, the word “educere” means “to bringforth” or “to draw out” or “a propulsion from the internal to external”. There are still others who … Read more
Definitions and Views on Education The term ‘education’ has been interpreted by different people in different ways through different periods of human civilization. The education of a human being is perhaps the most cherished goal of any human civilization that ever existed or is yet to come in this world. Therefore, thinkers, philosophers, and educationists … Read more
The spiritual mold of education The stress on education as a spiritual mold is basically an Indian concept. This concept has been originated basically from the religious core of Indian ethos. Right from the Vedic period, Indian spiritual thinkers have tried their best to propagate education as means of achieving spiritual goals. Upanishads: “Education is … Read more
The developmental mold of Education The second trend of definitions of Education subscribes to the view that human being is the embodiment of rich inherent potentialities and it is the task of education to help him/her to develop, enhance and realize these potentialities. It believes that every child is capable of developing into a competent … Read more
The social mould of Education There are other definitions that give a social orientation to the concept of education, according to some thinkers education is a means to achieve larger societal goals as it is a sub-system of the macro-societal system, hence the education of an individual should emphasize his/her orientation to achieve the social … Read more